Bruno Haible via Gnulib discussion list <[email protected]> writes: >> Distributions are moving towards not building from *.tar.gz but to >> directly build from git source, see for example the recent Guix >> announcement: >> >> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2026-03/msg00043.html > > How will this work out in practice? We all know that git.savannah.gnu.org > is occasionally unresponsive, whereas ftp.gnu.org (and its mirrors) > are the more reliable way of handling the download load. > > And if it _does_ work out in practice, i.e. if the distros are going > to use > $ git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/config.git > are the proposed copies on ftp.gnu.org actually needed?
I wonder about the first question as well. My impression, unfortunately, is that the majority people (including companies who ought to know better) assume that bandwidth and other resources are infinite [1]. Collin [1] https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/28/open_source_opinion/
