Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]
Groups > linux.kernel > #1641835
| From | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: Linux 4.12-rc1 (file locations) |
| Date | 2017-05-15 17:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tHqpY-1AI-29@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <tGMiR-jQ-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <tH67U-4Wy-11@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> wrote:
>
> Can the generated files please be put in the same places that (most or
> all) previous releases have used?
I will leave this to Konstantin.. There may well be practical reasons
for the movement.
> Oh, and the patch file (on https://kernel.org) is a text file, not a
> zipped file (as in previous releases).
Well, if you use a browser, the normal browser compression (behind
your back) should be in effect. So you won't actually be wasting the
bandwidth.
If you use wget, you have to manually ask for it. Quoting Konstantin
from an earlier discussion:
> Yes, this is implemented on the http protocol level -- but you have to
> tell wget to request it:
>
> wget -O test.patch.gz \
> --header="accept-encoding: gzip" \
> https://git.kernel.org/...
>
> Browsers do the requesting and ungzipping automatically, but not cmdline
> tools.
so the capability is there, it's just not done as several individual
files any more.
Linus
Back to linux.kernel | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread
Linux 4.12-rc1 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-05-13 23:00 +0200
Re: Linux 4.12-rc1 (file locations) Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> - 2017-05-14 20:10 +0200
Re: Linux 4.12-rc1 (file locations) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-05-15 17:50 +0200
[Kernel.org Helpdesk #40777] [linuxfoundation.org #40777] Re: Linux 4.12-rc1 (file locations) "Linus Torvalds via RT" <kernel-helpdesk@rt.linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-05-15 18:00 +0200
Re: [Kernel.org Helpdesk #40777] [linuxfoundation.org #40777] Re: Linux 4.12-rc1 (file locations) "François Valenduc via RT" <kernel-helpdesk@rt.linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-05-15 20:40 +0200
Re: [Kernel.org Helpdesk #40777] [linuxfoundation.org #40777] Re: Linux 4.12-rc1 (file locations) François Valenduc <francoisvalenduc@gmail.com> - 2017-05-15 20:40 +0200
[Kernel.org Helpdesk #40777] Re: Linux 4.12-rc1 (file locations) "Konstantin Ryabitsev via RT" <kernel-helpdesk@rt.linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-05-15 20:50 +0200
Re: [Kernel.org Helpdesk #40777] Re: Linux 4.12-rc1 (file locations) "Christian Kujau via RT" <kernel-helpdesk@rt.linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-05-24 20:50 +0200
Re: [Kernel.org Helpdesk #40777] Re: Linux 4.12-rc1 (file locations) Christian Kujau <lists@nerdbynature.de> - 2017-05-24 20:50 +0200
[Kernel.org Helpdesk #40777] Re: Linux 4.12-rc1 (file locations) "Konstantin Ryabitsev via RT" <kernel-helpdesk@rt.linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-05-24 22:20 +0200
[Kernel.org Helpdesk #40777] Re: Linux 4.12-rc1 (file locations) "Konstantin Ryabitsev via RT" <kernel-helpdesk@rt.linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-05-16 23:30 +0200
[Kernel.org Helpdesk #40777] Re: Linux 4.12-rc1 (file locations) "Konstantin Ryabitsev via RT" <kernel-helpdesk@rt.linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-05-15 20:50 +0200
linux-next: stats (Was: Linux 4.12-rc1) Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> - 2017-05-15 15:20 +0200
Re: linux-next: stats (Was: Linux 4.12-rc1) Sebastian Reichel <sre@kernel.org> - 2017-05-15 17:00 +0200
Re: linux-next: stats (Was: Linux 4.12-rc1) Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> - 2017-05-15 23:40 +0200
Re: linux-next: stats (Was: Linux 4.12-rc1) Sebastian Reichel <sre@kernel.org> - 2017-05-20 18:40 +0200
csiph-web