Re: diced kernel

Roman Gollent (roman@portal.stwing.upenn.edu)
Sun, 16 Jun 1996 18:03:34 -0400 (EDT)


Graham Mitchell wrote:

> Thats maybe the way to do it...... The REAL problem with the size of
> the kernel sources, isn't the size of the sources themselves. Its the
> TIME it takes to download 6Mb in one chunk.... As the net becomes

I heartily encourage you to download and apply kernel patches instead
of downloading 6mb files. There's a reason why Linus makes them
available and it has very little to do with his health.

It might be a good idea to make available only every tenth or fifth
complete snapshot of the kernel. It saves space on the ftp sites and
it encourages people to learn how to patch their kernels.

Roman