Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 Dec 1997 19:59:19 -0500 | From | Frank Sweetser <> | Subject | RE: OFFTOPIC: Re: bzip2 for kernel dists? |
| |
==> Regarding RE: OFFTOPIC: Re: bzip2 for kernel dists?; "Jordan Mendelson" <jordy@wserv.com> adds:
jordy> So, bzip2 yeilds better compression, it's free (no patent jordy> restrictions on algs, etc), and it's available in binary & source jordy> form for Linux & a number of other OSs. What's keeping kernels from jordy> being distributed like this?
> ls /pub/linux/kernel/v2.0 ..... linux-2.0.10.tar.gz linux-2.0.31.tar.gz patch-2.0.21.gz linux-2.0.11.tar.bz2 linux-2.0.32.tar.bz2 patch-2.0.22.bz2 linux-2.0.11.tar.gz linux-2.0.32.tar.gz patch-2.0.22.gz ....
looks like it is now. :=)
-- Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu fsweetser at blee.net | PGP key available paramount.res.wpi.net RedHat 5.0 Linux 2.0.33p3 i586 | at public servers lp1 on fire (One of the more obfuscated kernel messages)
| |