Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 21:34:36 -0600 From: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net> To: Brian Handy <handy@sag.space.lockheed.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftp://freebsd.org - RIP Message-ID: <34E3BF4C.FF6D5DF@hiwaay.net> References: <Pine.OSF.3.96.980212075556.8339B-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com>
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Brian Handy wrote: > > I thought people were starting to lean towards shar archives for this sort > of thing. I certainly dig shar archives, but if the people that actually > have to do the work prefer otherwise, I'd like to know (as one of those > folks who occasionally submit port stuff). I guess the same applies for > patches...I didn't know that was even an issue. It's all about personal preference really. Fortunately I don't think there are as many ways to submit fixes as there are committers, but I could be wrong. :) Bottom line is we would be insane to say that we won't accept patches/ports except in a particalur form. I was merely suggesting a form that I happened to be partial for to get a feel for what other committers thought and to see if there was enough consensus to document that we prefer a certain form but will take anything we can get. So as for the form of the fix, six one way and a half dozen the other. On the other hand, I do feel very strongly that a limit should be put on the amount of clear text that can be submitted before it is required to pass through some form of compression. I don't know what a reasonable limit might be. I do know my connection and its associated bandwidth bites and consequently I don't want to have to spend hours downloading 1Mb of gnats bits everyday. Steve > Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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