Re: upstream tarball repackaging from bz2 to gz

["Adam Cécile (Le_Vert)" <gandalf@le-vert.net>]

Toni Mueller wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, 03.09.2006 at 19:04:49 +0300, George Danchev <danchev@spnet.net> wrote:
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>> On Sunday 03 September 2006 17:10, Eric Cooper wrote:
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>>> (I don't think I can justify asking upstream to publish a more
>>> wasteful version of the same bits on his website just to suit Debian.)
>>>       
>> True.
>>     
>
> another question is whether we can possibly adapt the policy and tools
> to directly allow .bz2 files in Debian - we would benefit from smaller
> files, too.
>
>   
Why not use 7z in this case? It's FAR better !
> Just an idea.
>
>
> Best,
> --Toni++
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