OSDev.org

I noticed that you have to tar up various files due to they can't be uploaded.

Maybe support for patches/diff's should be added..

Anyone agree?

Out of principle, I agree

However, gzipping it saves bandwidth

Thats true I guess, When you have a line close to 20mbit you tend to become less considerate about others.

Sorry.. gzipping is fine.

It's not so much about making the files download faster becasue they are smaller, most people have ADSL. Hosting companys usally have a monthly bandwith limit and I'm guessing that osdev.org uses a couple of GB each month. Paying for extra can be expensive.

I went ahead and added patch and diff as valid extensions. Yes, I like zips or gzips because of the reduced bandwidth and I think that download a single archive is easier that downloading several files. But if you are trying to help someone fix their code I can see why attaching a diff would be the easiest approach. I also have the web server using mod_deflate so as long as your web browser supports gzip (most do) there is still some compression going on.

And in case you are curious about bandwidth. Not counting emails for registration, dns or anything like that OSDev.org used about 5.5 gigs of bandwidth last month just for web traffic. The previous month we only used 4.7 gigs so we are still growning at a pretty good pace.

First off, (Cool @ running your own name server.. I do that myself for my domain )

Secondly, That's an incredibly low bandwidth usage.. I was expecting it would be far greater.

Seems to be growing a little each month eh

Thanks for adding patch/diff file extension support.