linux-kernel - Re: [www.k.o] Let tar.xz be the default tarball on the main-page?

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Date:	Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:38:39 -0500
From:	Konstantin Ryabitsev <mricon@...nel.org>
To:	sedat.dilek@...il.com
CC:	webmaster@...nel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [www.k.o] Let tar.xz be the default tarball on the main-page?

On 04/03/13 07:58 AM, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> it is still tar.bz2 the default tarball for downloading.
> As modern Linux-kernel versions exists also as tar.xz which is smaller
> and causes less Internet traffic.
> Save the planet :-)!

I think I'll go ahead and do that, if only because some time down the
line I'd like to stop making everything available as [.gz|.bz2|.xz] and
eliminate bz2 altogether. Switching main page links to .xz will help me
accomplish this goal in some distant future.

Best,
-- 
Konstantin Ryabitsev
Systems Administrator
Linux Foundation, kernel.org
Montréal, Québec

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