From: Konstantin Ryabitsev <mricon@kernel.org>
To: sedat.dilek@gmail.com
Cc: webmaster@kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [www.k.o] Let tar.xz be the default tarball on the main-page?
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:38:39 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51363BAF.3010305@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+icZUVhrWQn+mW8_HgApMgLBYvUD96XafMznP909tVJZS5TRg@mail.gmail.com>
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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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2013-03-04 12:58 Sedat Dilek
2013-03-05 18:38 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev [this message]
2013-03-05 18:52 ` Sedat Dilek
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