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

[Sandy Armstrong <sanfordarmstrong gmail com>]

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?

Aren't only packagers (and distro build servers, etc) and advanced
users impacted by the change to .xz?

Sandy