linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.33-rc7

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Date:	Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:43:26 -0800
From:	"Justin P. Mattock" <justinmattock@...il.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.33-rc7

On 02/07/10 02:20, Joel Becker wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 02:49:49PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>>     Would it be ok to _only_ have the 'bz2' patches and tar-balls?
>>
>> Having two copies of every large file seems silly, if nobody really
>> requires the traditional .gz format..
>
> 	When I grab tarballs, I only grab .gz.  Bandwidth isn't a
> problem (3 minutes versus four on my DSL, I still switch over to another
> screen and check back).  But .bz2 unpacks very slowly in the
> environments I'm usually grabbing a tarball for.  I save more time
> unpacking .gz than I do downloading .bz2.
> 	That said, I'm often doing repeated unpacks, so I could easily
> turn a .bz2 into .gz when I first grab it, then use the local .gz.
>
> Joel
>


(Not sure what the spec is.)
the question is:
if converting everything to .gz,
yes is easy for everybody, because they don't
need a bzip2 or xzutils(external app),
but results in Linus's server having more mb's

as opposed to having a bzip2, or lzma(xzutils)
resulting in less mb's on the server(Linus's server)?

I guess whatever gives Linus's server less space
since he's kind enough to publish this for everybody..


Justin P. Mattock
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