[REMINDER] 6.8.2 single tar files (still) missing Was: Re: 6.8.2 released

Bernardo Innocenti bernie at develer.com
Mon Feb 14 10:47:43 PST 2005


Daniel Stone wrote:

>>In the later case I consider splitting them up myself ...
>>
>>Maybe in the future the split files could be provided first? Especially 
>>since most users won't need the hardcopy of the documentation at all ...
> 
> Single tarballs are typically more popular.

I used to download split archives from ftp.x.org
back when I had a blazing 14.400bps modem because
my ftp client did not support reget.

Today, I think we could safely stop distributing
them: nobody will ever complain or even notice.

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  // Bernardo Innocenti - Develer S.r.l., R&D dept.
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