On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 07:59:16AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Jan de Groot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > IMHO we shouldn't stuff binary files like this in CVS, same goes for the > > gzipped kernel patches we have to update alsa, those are big and > > gzipped, CVS can't diff it and will store a completely new file for > > every revision. Also, you can't tell what's different between two > > versions of the patch. > > > > IMHO we should put binary things like big gzipped patches or tarballs on > > an HTTP or FTP url. > > the update of changes to the runtime will become troublesome since it changes > pretty much everytime. The main reason for storing is, is actually to reduce > downloads.
A binary file is downloaded every time by cvs anyway. Plus, as Dan said, anything in cvs is downloaded by ABS too. Jason
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