Bob Woodside <woodsy_at_us.ibm.com> writes:
> Adam Kospacz writes:
> > stop this!
> >
> > 121 KB + 50 KB + 74 KB !
> > upload the file to a www/ftp server and post the URL but not such a big
> > patch ! :(
>
> Adam:
> 1) You might get a more favorable response if you'd try saying "please". :-
> )
I haven't taken any insult. After dealing with computer users for 34
years, you'd have to go pretty far to even make in impression. :-)
Just a little humor there. I agree completely with the complaint.
> 2) I believe Jason answered this same complaint last month. Let's not flog a
> dead horse.
I don't remember any complaint about large patches, I do remember the
request to use mime attachments. Actually I expected the base64
encoding to do some kind of compression, but now I think about it, I'm
not surprised it made the patch even bigger.
It seemed to go from 86K to 121K. Compressed and uuencoded its 40K,
probably still a little big for e-mail.
> Jason:
> On the other hand, very large e-mails arriving unexpectedly can sometimes
> be a pain in the ol' hemorrhoids, and not everyone has access to his own
> Web/ftp site. Is the little-used unnoficial_patches/ directory on the FVWM ftp
> site public-uploadable? It might not be a bad practice to put larger patches
> there, if possible, rather than in-lining them.
As you guessed, I don't have access to my own web site. I understand
there are places I can get a free one, but I guess there are
restrictions on how much data you can store there.
I agree that a common public uploadable site would be very desirable
and I promise to use it should it become available.
> Cheers,
> Bob
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Received on Tue Oct 07 1997 - 12:20:01 BST