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Re: tip tree clone fail

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HAH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date
Oct 13, 2008, 04:09 UTC
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Ingo Molnar wrote:
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> 
> Soapbox: in fact it would be outright stupid to limit the kernel 
> source's availability artificially by not making HTTP a tier-one access 
> method.
> 
> Fighting against HTTP-only firewalls is like constantly pointing it out 
> to the popular press that they should say 'cracker' instead of 'hacker'. 
> It is pointless and only hurts the availability our own project.
>

Yes, and Shawn Pierce is working on making HTTP a proper "smart" access method, based on a proposal I submitted. That is the proper solution, since it avoids all the braindamage of "dumb" access methods. We [kernel.org] intend to deploy it as soon as it is available.

	-hpa
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  1. Thomas GleixnerOct 10, 2008
  2. Wang ChenOct 10, 2008
  3. H. Peter AnvinOct 10, 2008
  4. Wang ChenOct 12, 2008
  5. Lars HjemliOct 12, 2008
  6. H. Peter AnvinOct 12, 2008
  7. Ingo MolnarOct 12, 2008
  8. Miklos VajnaOct 12, 2008
  9. H. Peter AnvinOct 12, 2008
  10. Ingo MolnarOct 12, 2008
  11. Teemu LikonenOct 12, 2008
  12. Petr BaudisOct 12, 2008
  13. Ingo MolnarOct 12, 2008
  14. Jakub NarebskiOct 12, 2008
  15. Shawn O. PearceOct 12, 2008
  16. H. Peter AnvinOct 13, 2008
  17. Wang ChenOct 13, 2008
  18. H. Peter AnvinOct 13, 2008
  19. Wang ChenOct 15, 2008
  20. H. Peter AnvinOct 15, 2008
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