Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932105Ab0BMVma (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:42:30 -0500 Received: from ns3.baby-dragons.com ([64.62.236.141]:46598 "EHLO ns3.baby-dragons.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758120Ab0BMVm2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:42:28 -0500 Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:37:07 -0900 (AKST) From: "Mr. James W. Laferriere" To: Avi Kivity cc: Stefan Richter , Jean Delvare , Willy Tarreau , lasse.collin@tukaani.org, linux-kernel , mirrors@kernel.org, users@kernel.org, "FTPAdmin Kernel.org" , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [kernel] Re: [kernel.org users] XZ Migration discussion In-Reply-To: <4B767C67.7060701@redhat.com> Message-ID: References: <4B744E13.8040004@kernel.org> <20100212150137.648dca7c@hyperion.delvare> <4B75A5DC.3060803@kernel.org> <20100212202357.6363d5af@hyperion.delvare> <20100212230702.GA10266@1wt.eu> <20100213091748.276821e1@hyperion.delvare> <4B767810.5020707@s5r6.in-berlin.de> <4B767C67.7060701@redhat.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.01 (LNX 1184 2008-12-16) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.3 (ns3.baby-dragons.com [64.62.236.141]); Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:37:15 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1402 Lines: 32 On Sat, 13 Feb 2010, Avi Kivity wrote: > On 02/13/2010 11:59 AM, Stefan Richter wrote: >> Jean Delvare wrote: ...snip... >> As a side note: 7zip, a very popular and Free archiving tool for >> Windows, supports xz since its version 9 which is currently available as >> a beta. So, WRT the need to get an extra unarchiver, xz is just as >> accessible to Windows users as gz is. > > Can you even unpack a kernel tree on Windows? There are some files (e.g. > net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_{ecn,ECN}.c) which conflict on a case-preserving > filesystem. What filesystem version are you talking about ? ntfs as of recent windows is not case insensitive . What do you mean by , "a case-preserving filesystem" ? Now whether or not the tools available are case insensitive is another matter . Hth , JimL -- +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | | Network&System Engineer | 3237 Holden Road | Give me Linux | | babydr@baby-dragons.com | Fairbanks, AK. 99709 | only on AXP | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/