Bug#39299: PROPOSAL] permit/require use of bz2 for source packages

[Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>]

severity 39299 wishlist
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Hi,
>>"Chris" == Chris Lawrence <cnlawren@olemiss.edu> writes:

 Chris> Therefore, I propose that we permit the use of bzip2 to compress
 Chris> source package files (.orig.tar and .diff for most packages, .tar for
 Chris> native packages).  I further propose that the use of bzip2 be
 Chris> mandatory for newly uploaded source files, and that any existing
 Chris> source packages in the archive in gzip format exceeding 5 MB of
 Chris> compressed space be converted upon the freeze for potato.

        This is a temnporary  band-aid solution that does not justify
 changing our source packaging mehtods, and, further, lossing the
 pristineness of the upstream source.

        Note that the unless I can match any size, md5sum, and pgp
 signature provided upstream, the source is not pristine. This is not
 an opinion.
        
        And, in any case, any solution enterred because we are at a CD
 boundary is likely to last only a few months at best. 

        manoj
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