rsyncing signed tarballs (Re: [79599] trunk/base)

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jun 19, 2011, at 16:18, jmr at macports.org wrote:

> Revision: 79599
>          http://trac.macports.org/changeset/79599
> Author:   jmr at macports.org
> Date:     2011-06-19 14:18:18 -0700 (Sun, 19 Jun 2011)
> Log Message:
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> make sync and selfupdate via signed tarballs the default

So we're still rsyncing, but now we're rsyncing a tarball instead of individual files? Could you discuss this change a little? (Motivation, benefits...)