Re: Using .tar.xz only on ftp.gnome.org (was: install-module / ftp.gnome.org / master.gnome.org)

[Ghee Teo <ghee teo oracle com>]

On 21/03/2011 17:02, Sandy Armstrong wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 6:42 AM, Ghee Teo<ghee teo oracle com>  wrote:
> > On 21/03/2011 12:29, Olav Vitters wrote:
> > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 09:55:05AM +0000, Ghee Teo wrote:
> > > > I hope this does not imply or infer that all the source tarball for
> > > > GNOME will be uploaded in .xz format only. Solaris is *not*
> > > > supporting .xz by default yet. This means, anyone who want to
> > > > compile source code modules will have difficulties.
> > > That is exactly what I meant.
> > >
> > > So:
> > > How do Solaris users get GNOME packages? Via ftp.gnome.org?
> > Yes. We download them from ftp.gnome.org.
> By "we", do you mean end users or packagers?
My "we" refers to users.
> Aren't only packagers (and distro build servers, etc) and advanced
> users impacted by the change to .xz?
No. packagers are the source codes providers.
Users are the source code consumers.
GNOME requires both groups of users to exist meaningfully :)


-Ghee



> Sandy