That's a nice idea, although zipped files on the ftp server work fine. If we are going to improve the distribution then an RSS feed announcing updates would be rather useful. Julian ________________________________ From: Markus Scherer [mailto:markus.icu@gmail.com] Sent: 07 July 2008 13:05 To: tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: TZ patches via email vs. non-ASCII encoding As a solution to the problem of faithfully getting patches through email (with non-ASCII encoding, long lines, and other issues), may I suggest using an svn repository with online anonymous read-only access, and just sending a summary to the mailing list and a link to the online diffs? markus http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this.