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

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Message-ID: <4B778D86.5020007@zytor.com>
Date:	Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:43:34 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
CC:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, lasse.collin@...aani.org,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, mirrors@...nel.org,
	users@...nel.org, "FTPAdmin Kernel.org" <ftpadmin@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [kernel.org users] XZ Migration discussion

On 02/13/2010 12:53 AM, Jean Delvare wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
> How hard a requirement is this? It might be the right time to
> reconsider... Tony's plan may not be perfect but overall I think I like
> it.
>

It's pretty darn hard.  It makes it particularly messy for the mirrors 
to ignore it.

	-hpa
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