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

[Olav Vitters <olav vitters nl>]

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? I'd like to
understand what the impact would be. So, whom would it affect (what kind
of groups: users/developers/OS team/something else)? Any timeline on
when .xz format would be able to be unpacked on Solaris?





Note that it would only affect new uploads *after the change is made*.
So not anything currently on ftp.gnome.org, nor anything being uploaded
atm. E.g. if there was a switch after gnome 3.0, the gnome-shell 3.1.0
tarball would show up as .tar.xz only. The gnome-shell 3.0.0 tarball
would be available as .tar.gz and .tar.bz2.

-- 
Regards,
Olav