Ian Jackson wrote: >Maintainers who change only the control file or something still have >to upload a new source tree, unfortunately, but we can if we like >avoid this by having them submit only a new diff and reconstructing >the .tar.gz on the distribution site using a simple script. That >supports 6a and 6b.
I would like to vote for this simple script reconstructing a new source be the default. Bruce Perens wrote: >> 6a. No unnecessary up/down-loading by maintainers. > >Is this such a big issue? With your overseas FTP problems you can judge >that, but I'd feel more confident if the maintainer uploaded the entire >package as one piece. I don't think it happens very often but there might be maintainer out there who are uploading using slow 14k4 telephone lines paying every second of connection time. If there is a good way we can provide as less as possible bandwidth I think we should. Erick Branderhorst -- Erick [EMAIL PROTECTED] +31-10-4635142 Department of General Surgery (Intensive Care) University Hospital Rotterdam NL
