linux-kernel - Re: Smaller compressed kernel source tarballs?

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Message-ID: <20060921222443.GO26683@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:24:43 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	David Lang <dlang@...italinsight.com>
Cc:	Sean <seanlkml@...patico.ca>, Dax Kelson <dax@...ulabs.com>,
	Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca>,
	Linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
Subject: Re: Smaller compressed kernel source tarballs?

On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 03:00:48PM -0700, David Lang wrote:

 > for the tarball users they would have to grab 
 > multiple patches to get from the last thing that they have to whatever is 
 > current.

ketchup solves that problem. One command brings any tree up to current.

 > also people could be behind a firewall that prevents git from working properly, 
 > for them tarballs and patches are the right way of doing things.

If they can't git through a firewall, they won't be able to wget a tarball through
it either.

	Dave
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