From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Feb 12 19:33:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA08003 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 12 Feb 1998 19:33:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA07956 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 1998 19:33:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sprice@hiwaay.net) Received: from bonsai.hiwaay.net (tnt3-203.HiWAAY.net [208.147.146.203]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) with SMTP id VAA11572; Thu, 12 Feb 1998 21:32:55 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <34E3BF4C.FF6D5DF@hiwaay.net> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 21:34:36 -0600 From: Steve Price X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brian Handy CC: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftp://freebsd.org - RIP References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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