Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 23 Nov 1998 17:21:03 +0100 (CET) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: The history of the Linux OS |
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On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Riley Williams wrote: > > anyway, i will archive all the kernels that i can find and make > > them available for download - but not instantly - this will take > > some time or organise and it is incidental to my task of writing a > > history of the evolution of Linux > > I've been looking into setting up a CVS tree that will contain the > full kernel source history...
That's indeed a good idea.
> > looks like i'll have to work out how to get DVD's mastered i was > > hoping to put stuff on CD - but a rough "back of fag^h^h^hcigarette > > packet" (another term i cannot use any more because itis not PC) > > calculation shows me that a CD or three will not be enough > > Put them in a CVS archive, and you replace "sum of kernel source > archive sizes" with "sum of upgrade patch file sizes", and thus > massively reduce the size of the result... > > I would suspect the result will fit on a ZipDisk, never mind a CD, but > I'll not know for sure until I get it set up...
I wouldn't count on the Zip. Just did a `du' on my CVS Linux kernel archive (containing branches for Linus' 2.1.x releases, Jes' Linux/m68k 2.1.x releases, lots of vger copies, and my personal tree, all since December 1997 only) and I saw 157832 KB.
BTW, will you guys do the m68k releases too?
Greetings,
Geert
-- Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/ Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium
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