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Re: DACT : was Re: Source-Only Uploads and Packages{,.bz2}



On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 09:26:21AM +1000, Glenn McGrath wrote:
> New algorithms can be added very easily, so there wont ever be a big
> hassle retooling to support a new compression program, just add it to
> dacts toolchest and your done.

But if you add a new compression program, you can then not decompress
with older versions.  There's still an upgrade problem, it's just hidden,
which might be worse.

Richard Braakman



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