From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@kernel.org>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: "J.H." <warthog9@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
mirrors@kernel.org, users@kernel.org,
"FTPAdmin Kernel.org" <ftpadmin@kernel.org>,
lasse.collin@tukaani.org
Subject: Re: [kernel.org users] XZ Migration discussion
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:22:35 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B74832B.6050303@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100211205129.GA26105@elf.ucw.cz>
On 02/11/2010 12:51 PM, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
>> Option 1)
>>
>> Leave gz as the master, and migrate bz2 to xz. This will happen in
>> stages obviously. with bz2 ultimately being phased out.
>>
>> Migration option 1)
>>
>> All new content would be provided in .bz2 and .xz with
>> an ultimate date set that the .bz2 files would stop
>> being generated with new content. This would leave all
>> existing content alone and it would not be a migration
>> of the current .bz2 files to xz
>
> I believe this is cleanest. gzip has performance advantages, and old
> files suddenly disappearing would be just weird.
>
It would also be "just weird" to:
a) require that the end user knows the particular compression format
used by a particular legacy file.
b) having to have the mirror system deal with a mix of .bz2 and .xz files.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-02-11 22:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 106+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-02-11 18:36 XZ Migration discussion J.H.
2010-02-11 19:44 ` david
2010-02-11 19:48 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-02-12 0:14 ` [kernel.org mirrors] " Carlos Carvalho
2010-02-11 20:22 ` [kernel.org users] " Willy Tarreau
2010-02-11 20:51 ` Pavel Machek
2010-02-11 22:22 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2010-02-12 14:35 ` Jean Delvare
2010-02-13 17:10 ` Jean Delvare
2010-02-13 18:49 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2010-02-13 19:30 ` Randy Dunlap
2010-02-16 14:55 ` Steven Rostedt
2010-02-13 23:28 ` Stefan Richter
2010-02-14 9:07 ` Jean Delvare
2010-02-13 23:52 ` Phillip Lougher
2010-02-14 9:23 ` Jean Delvare
2010-02-14 9:33 ` Justin P. Mattock
2010-02-14 9:49 ` Willy Tarreau
2010-02-14 12:43 ` Jean Delvare
2010-02-15 21:31 ` James Cloos
2010-02-17 5:40 ` Willy Tarreau
2010-02-17 5:54 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-02-17 10:22 ` Petri Kaukasoina
2010-02-17 10:25 ` Petri Kaukasoina
2010-02-14 9:56 ` Andi Kleen
2010-02-18 23:59 ` Jan Engelhardt
2010-02-14 10:16 ` Lasse Collin
2010-02-12 14:01 ` Jean Delvare
2010-02-12 15:21 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-02-12 19:02 ` J.H.
2010-02-12 19:23 ` Jean Delvare
2010-02-12 23:07 ` Willy Tarreau
2010-02-13 6:20 ` Pavel Machek
2010-02-13 10:06 ` Stefan Richter
2010-02-13 10:21 ` Stefan Richter
2010-02-14 9:56 ` Lasse Collin
2010-02-13 8:17 ` Jean Delvare
2010-02-13 9:59 ` Stefan Richter
2010-02-13 10:18 ` Avi Kivity
2010-02-13 21:37 ` [kernel] " Mr. James W. Laferriere
2010-02-13 22:39 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2010-02-15 19:33 ` [kernel.org users] [kernel] " Steve French
2010-02-16 9:16 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2010-02-16 15:13 ` J.H.
2010-02-14 17:13 ` [kernel.org users] " Pavel Machek
2010-02-14 17:33 ` Stefan Richter
2010-02-14 20:51 ` Pavel Machek
2010-02-15 8:48 ` Stefan Richter
2010-02-15 23:32 ` Tom Rini
2010-02-16 8:21 ` Stefan Richter
2010-02-14 17:07 ` Pavel Machek
2010-02-14 18:39 ` Stefan Richter
2010-02-14 21:04 ` david
2010-02-14 21:32 ` Jean Delvare
2010-02-14 18:59 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-02-14 19:08 ` Jean Delvare
2010-02-15 15:15 ` tytso
2010-02-16 15:29 ` J.H.
2010-02-16 16:03 ` Jean Delvare
2010-02-17 1:36 ` David Rees
2010-02-16 14:00 ` Pavel Machek
2010-02-19 0:08 ` Jan Engelhardt
2010-02-19 4:38 ` J.H.
2010-02-12 15:25 ` Steven Rostedt
2010-02-12 16:11 ` Jean Delvare
2010-02-12 16:30 ` Steven Rostedt
2010-02-12 16:44 ` Jean Delvare
2010-02-12 20:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-02-12 21:16 ` Steven Rostedt
2010-02-16 15:39 ` ketchup was " Pavel Machek
2010-02-16 16:17 ` Steven Rostedt
2010-02-16 16:27 ` Pavel Machek
2010-02-21 13:53 ` Pavel Machek
2010-02-21 14:26 ` Jean Delvare
2010-02-21 19:28 ` Pavel Machek
2010-02-22 18:59 ` Pavel Machek
2010-02-23 13:14 ` Steven Rostedt
2010-02-23 20:32 ` Pavel Machek
2010-02-12 19:02 ` Phillip Lougher
2010-02-12 19:32 ` Jean Delvare
2010-02-12 19:57 ` Phillip Lougher
2010-02-12 21:59 ` Jean Delvare
2010-02-12 23:30 ` Phillip Lougher
2010-02-12 23:39 ` Phillip Lougher
2010-02-13 7:31 ` Jean Delvare
2010-02-13 22:37 ` Phillip Lougher
2010-02-14 9:32 ` Jean Delvare
2010-02-14 9:53 ` Justin P. Mattock
[not found] ` <20100212223547.GN5186@tux>
2010-02-13 7:20 ` Jean Delvare
2010-02-12 19:03 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-02-12 20:25 ` Matthew Wilcox
2010-02-12 21:54 ` Greg KH
2010-02-12 21:58 ` Steven Rostedt
2010-02-14 14:49 ` Harald Arnesen
2010-02-14 18:34 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-02-12 20:31 ` [kernel.org mirrors] " Sleddens, J.P.G.
2010-02-12 22:11 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-02-12 23:14 ` [kernel.org users] [kernel.org mirrors] " Willy Tarreau
2010-02-13 7:42 ` [kernel.org users] " Tony Luck
2010-02-13 8:14 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-02-13 8:53 ` Jean Delvare
2010-02-14 5:43 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <987664A83D2D224EAE907B061CE93D53123E0ED5@orsmsx505.amr.corp.intel.com>
2010-02-17 0:11 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-02-14 18:03 ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-14 22:27 ` Stephen Hemminger
2010-02-15 16:15 ` Jean Delvare
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