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

[Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>]

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

 Chris> (zcat upstream.orig.tar.gz | bzip2 > upstream.orig.tar.bz2)

 Chris> or (if timestamps matter to you):

 Chris> (gunzip upstream.orig.tar.gz; bzip2 upstream.orig.tar)

        What idf detatched signatures matter to me? Or signed md5sums
 from the author? 

 Chris> I think upstream source can be considered "pristine" so long as the
 Chris> underlying tar file remains unchanged.
        
        I think not. (If that were the case, the original renaming of
 the tar file would also be considered pristine, but it was not)

        manoj
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