> > > > > > IMHO we should only modify upstream tarballs if we have to (e.g. strip > out > > non-free parts). The upstream tarballs are cached, so its just a > one-time > > download anyways. > > There are people who have a very bad band-with. In my case, it's fine > when I am at university. But other than that, I only have a mobile > internet stick, for which 50MB more or less really matters. >
And outside the developed world this can be even more of a problem. Especially for upgrades I notice it can take a while even on my relatively fast US connection - gcc took several minutes at least to download on my last `git pull`. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
