Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 21:57:39 +0100 From: phk@FreeBSD.org To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> Cc: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile Message-ID: <25668.1040158659@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 17 Dec 2002 15:44:18 EST." <200212172044.gBHKiIdX055035@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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In message <200212172044.gBHKiIdX055035@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, Garrett Wollman writes: ><<On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 12:27:44 -0800 (PST), Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> said: > >> It's hard to remember why that size was chosen. > >Not hard at all for those who were there. > >gcd(1200,1440) => 240 Well, you are correct in principle but not in detail :-) The chunk size is 235k not 240k. The reason was to make it possible to download 6 pieces to a 1.44M MS-DOS floppy and 5 pieces to a 1.2M MS-DOS floppy. Quite smart btw. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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