Bug#39299: PROPOSAL] permit/require use of bz2 for source packages
On Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 23:26:32 -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >>"Chris" == Chris Lawrence <cnlawren@olemiss.edu> writes:
> Chris> (gunzip upstream.orig.tar.gz; bzip2 upstream.orig.tar)
>
> What idf detatched signatures matter to me? Or signed md5sums
> from the author?
These are valid concerns, but not for all source packages. In many cases, an
upstream author doesn't provide signatures; in those cases, I'd consider
recompressing reasonable.
On Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 20:06:10 -0400, Branden Robinson wrote:
> As said elsewhere, I think a source package can be regarded as "pristine"
> if it is md5-identical with the upstream version in *uncompressed* form.
I agree, unless upstream provides signatures for the compressed form,
thereby choosing a tighter definition of "pristine".
Ray
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