linux-kernel - Re: tar.gz and tar.bz2 files of linux kernel on ftp.kernel.org

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.10.1010280943210.29868@uplift.swm.pp.se>
Date:	Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:44:12 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@....pp.se>
To:	Tarkan Erimer <tarkan@...knetserver.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: tar.gz and tar.bz2 files of linux kernel on ftp.kernel.org

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010, Tarkan Erimer wrote:

> Why there are two different (tar.gz and tar.bz2) kind of compressed linux 
> kernel on ftp.kernel.org ?

<http://lwn.net/Articles/374776/>

There has been a lot of discussion about this, it was deemed to be best to 
let the users choose what version they wanted and provide both.

-- 
Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike@....pp.se
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