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Re: GCC 3.3 Prerelease
On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 11:29:27AM +0200, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> On Tue, 6 May 2003, Mark Mitchell wrote:
> >> Thanks! For releases and regular snapshots we also used to have .bz2
> >> files; did you omit them intentionally for this prerelease or is this
> >> a problem with the script?
> > I omitted them intentionally; it takes long enough to upload the files
> > as it is...
>
> I just noticed because it broke a tester of mine and the FreeBSD Ports
> Collection also needed changes, as both relied on the .bz2s.
>
> If it's really inconvenient for you to upload both .gz and .bz2,
then perhaps he shouldn't have to.
Given: - bz2 files are smaller, therefore faster to upload,
- more people are depending on the bz2s,
- duplicating formats is trivial
Why not have a script on ftp.gnu.org that a RM can trigger after uploading
the bz2 files which creates gz equivalents?
Phil
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