Re: archive access (was Re: Kernel v2.3.x)
Raul Miller (rdm@test.legislate.com)
Thu, 23 Jul 1998 20:18:10 -0400
Albert D. Cahalan <acahalan@cs.uml.edu> wrote:
> > Which is likely to result in a lot of downloads of patch.bz2 and
> > the immediately previous tarball.
>
> Yes, but not by the same people. Those downloading the patch.bz2
> have already learned to use the newer tools, so they only need the
> previous tarball after they mess up their source tree. Those downloading
> the tarball will have additional incentive to learn about the newer tools.
This assumes they have an immediately previous image they trust.
There can be a variety of reasons this might not be the case, and
the conservative thing to do is not trust what you have lying around
and don't remember much of.
--
Raul
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