Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932649Ab0BPO4N (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:56:13 -0500 Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([71.74.56.122]:57140 "EHLO hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932525Ab0BPO4F (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:56:05 -0500 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=uTOmaDeAZlAA:10 a=7U3hwN5JcxgA:10 a=dfLKRL6rylR_DE9mRgUA:9 a=0Niu_9IsJGdlFSABlNKeMWfuW4QA:4 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 74.67.89.75 Subject: Re: [kernel.org users] XZ Migration discussion From: Steven Rostedt Reply-To: rostedt@goodmis.org To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Jean Delvare , mirrors@kernel.org, lasse.collin@tukaani.org, linux-kernel , users@kernel.org, "FTPAdmin Kernel.org" , Pavel Machek In-Reply-To: <10f740e81002131049o196380a6tf863b7713e5aafc5@mail.gmail.com> References: <4B744E13.8040004@kernel.org> <20100211205129.GA26105@elf.ucw.cz> <20100213181008.479509f5@hyperion.delvare> <10f740e81002131049o196380a6tf863b7713e5aafc5@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Organization: Kihon Technologies Inc. Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:55:57 -0500 Message-ID: <1266332158.24271.125.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 721 Lines: 20 On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 19:49 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > BTW, who still downloads full kernel tarballs? From my experience, that's mostly > distro people who have scripts to build kernels from tarballs + a > bunch of patches? When I download to develop, I use git. When I just want to install the latest kernel on a box (not used for development) I use ketchup (downloads tarballs). For those that just want the latest kernel release, git is too bloated. -- Steve -- 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/