Re: kernel mirror sillyness RE: bz2

linux kernel account (linker@nightshade.z.ml.org)
Tue, 27 Jan 1998 21:46:49 -0500 (EST)

Bzip would be horrible like this.. Too CPU wasteful.. The only sane
implimentation would have to save it after compression, and even then it
would take the first person awhile..

On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Perry Harrington wrote:

> > Do we really feel that distributing kernels in two different formats is
> > warranted? presumably if you want to avoid the bandwidth suck you'll grab
> > a patch...
>
> Setup both Gzip and Bzip to be dynamic suck protocols for FTP. WUFTPD does
> this.
>
> >
> > joelja
> >
>
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