linux-kernel - Re: [kernel.org users] XZ Migration discussion

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Date:	Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:14:21 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
CC:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>, "J.H." <warthog9@...nel.org>,
	"FTPAdmin Kernel.org" <ftpadmin@...nel.org>, users@...nel.org,
	lasse.collin@...aani.org,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, mirrors@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [kernel.org users] XZ Migration discussion

On 02/12/2010 11:42 PM, Tony Luck wrote:
> 
> 3) Keep all the .gz and .bz2 in the old 2.x hierarchy
> 4) Only have .xz in the new 3.x directories.
> 

I really dislike this for reasons already stated.  Keep in mind that the
compression management is global to the entire archive, not just to the
kernel, too.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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