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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