Re: [kernel.org users] XZ Migration discussion

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Sat Feb 13 2010 - 03:18:36 EST


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

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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