Re: Suggestion to and how to alow different compression for .debs
Ben Collins writes:
> With the current implementation I have, it is a simple matter of adding a
> line for each (de)compressor wanted. I think we should choose carefully
> what compressions we allow, as it could lead to problems if we don't. For
> this reason, we should not allow arbitrary compression tools to be used.
I agree. Specifically, machines tight on disk space (but with an NFS
mirror, for example), will not want to have to have installed n
different decompressors just to upgrade their packages.
Matthew
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