From: Nick Hengeveld Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 16:12:44 GMT Subject: Re: [kernel.org users] Re: auto-packing on kernel.org? please? Message-ID: <20051016161244.GE5509@reactrix.com> In-Reply-To: On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 11:44:46AM -0400, Daniel Barkalow wrote: > This is the problem: it's impossible to download only a few objects from a > pack file from an HTTP server, because those don't exist on the server as > separate files. Is it possible to determine the object locations inside the remote pack file? If so, it would be possible to use Range: headers to download selected objects from a pack. -- For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.