Re: 2.3.x source distribution... (Was: Kernel 2.3.x)

Chris Wedgwood (chris@cybernet.co.nz)
Fri, 24 Jul 1998 09:37:13 +1200


On Thu, Jul 23, 1998 at 01:30:24PM +0200, Kalle Andersson wrote:

> IMO the best thing to do if you want to ease the network load would be to
> have a server which you tell which stuff you want. Fx, send in your
> .config file and the machine gives you a compressed tar-ball of the source
> you need.. This machine would be constantly updated with patches and
> pre-patches and cvs patches etc etc.

All this is nonsense.

Unless Linus, etc. agree and want to work like this its never going to
happen, and its not going to work.

Please kill this thread people. IF somebody wants to start up something like
this themselves, then by all means do so - but don't expect it to become the
norm.

-cw

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