Re: [kernel] Re: [kernel.org users] XZ Migration discussion

[Mr. James W. Laferriere]

On Sat, 13 Feb 2010, Avi Kivity wrote:

> On 02/13/2010 11:59 AM, Stefan Richter wrote:
> > Jean Delvare wrote:
...snip...
> > As a side note:  7zip, a very popular and Free archiving tool for
> > Windows, supports xz since its version 9 which is currently available as
> > a beta.  So, WRT the need to get an extra unarchiver, xz is just as
> > accessible to Windows users as gz is.
>
> Can you even unpack a kernel tree on Windows?  There are some files (e.g. 
> net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_{ecn,ECN}.c) which conflict on a case-preserving 
> filesystem.
	What filesystem version are you talking about ?
	ntfs as of recent windows is not case insensitive .
	What do you mean by , "a case-preserving filesystem" ?

	Now whether or not the tools available are case insensitive is another 
matter .

		Hth ,  JimL
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