Re: Deprecating .gz format on kernel.org

[Martin J. Bligh]

> OK, there seems to be enough resistance to this to put it off for a year
> or two.  Since that means I don't have to do any work, that plan has
> inherent appeal to me.
> 
> In other words, the current setup will remain for now.  HOWEVER, I would
> like to recommend that mirror sites start carrying .bz2 files if they
> want to carry only one format.

Can we at least switch the default upload format to bz2? I would think
that's a reasonably simple change to the robot? For those of us
uploading stuff over a slow modem link, the extra efficiency would be
much appreciated.

M.