<x-flowed>At 09:27 AM 11/3/00 -0800, Ray Olszewski wrote:
>At 08:51 AM 11/3/00 -0800, Mike Noyes wrote:
> >At 07:59 AM 11/3/00 -0800, Mike Noyes wrote:
> >>I just created Anonymous FTP directories for eigerstein and oxygen.
> >>
> >>ftp://leaf.sourceforge.net/pub/leaf/
> >
> >Should we create kernel and module directories in the Anonymous FTP area?
>
>It might be better to create several kernel-* directories (e.g.,
>kernel-2.2.16-LRP and kernel-2.0.36-LRP right now, and later a
>kernel-something-LEAF) directories, each having a modules subdirectory ...
Since we can create sub directories in the Anonymous FTP area, I was
thinking of this tree.
kernel--
|-- 2.2.16
|-- 2.0.36
|-- etc.
module--
|-- 2.2.16
|-- 2.0.36
|-- etc.
>since the modules have to match to the kernel version. Or possibly the
>modules should just be in with the kernel, all in a single tarball ... my
>main concern here is whether files with a .o extension will reliably
>download as a binary mime-type ... a .tgz that is modules only would be
>smaller than the current big kernel tarballs, so be less of a burden to
>download.
Until proven otherwise, I would assume the default ftp download would be
binary. This may bite me later.
>The general suggestion is that in setting up download directories, we
>think ahead about Murphy's Law and try to minimize the likelihood that
>beginners will download the wrong stuff.
I agree.
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