Re: MSDOS name conversion
Kai Henningsen writes ("Re: MSDOS name conversion"):
> ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) wrote on 08.02.96 in <[🔎] m0tkLME-0002aEC@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>:
> > 3. Should we split the packages in the main binary directories too
> > (adding complication), or only in the msdos directories (wasting disk
> > space) ?
>
> I would prefer either having only split files, or else having the "real"
> split files in an easily-identifiable area (say, .../binary/split/... or
> .../binary/{base,devel,...}/split/ or whatever), so it's possible to
> adjust mirror as to mirror only one copy of each package. Of course, a
> naming convention for split parts would also do it - for people using the
> Perl "mirror" package.
The split packages would be in the msdos area (where everything would
be sorted into floppy disks and have msdos-friendly names).
The question is whether there is any reason why we shouldn't split the
packages in the main area too, and I haven't heard a really good
reason why not ...
Ian.
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