Re: latest-only kernel.org mirrors

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Fri, 8 Jan 1999 15:14:31 -0800 (PST)


> Hi Greg.
>
> > The sad part is that many people are downloading the full sources
> > because they either have DSL or cable modem access or better and
> > arn't affected by long donwload waits.
>
> There's an obvious and simple solution to that: When a new kernel is
> released, release the patch file first, and the full tarball a good
> time later...like the following day...
>
> Best wishes from Riley.
>
> ---
> * ftp://ps.cus.umist.ac.uk/pub/rhw/Linux
> * http://ps.cus.umist.ac.uk/~rhw/kernel.versions.html
>

It's not going to happen. Give it up, please.

-hpa

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