Re: Bug#39299: PROPOSAL] permit/require use of bz2 for source packages
On 11 Jun 1999, Chris Waters wrote:
> Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ualberta.ca> writes:
>
> > - If there is no available digital signature and the work is packed in
> > an archive format that stores meta-information (OS/2 EAs, Mac
> > Resource forks, etc) then the archive encoding of the work must not
> > be changed by the packager, but if possible it should be converted
> > to maximum compression.
>
> Whoah, you're saying that we can't convert zip archives (which may
> contain EAs/resource forks) to tarballs? I think we're going to have
> trouble with that one.
That is exactly what I am saying (assuming the zip file does contain such
items) We cannot go around blitly repacking things when it -DOES- cause
loss of data, that is not pristine source [I consider most meta
information to be part of the work].
Also arguably that should also extend to owner/group/perms stored in .tar
files - we can perform conversions so long as the original information is
preserved
It has been long said that we need dpkg-source and friends to support .zip
files and other obscure packaging formats, the above intepritation of my
definition of pristine simply gives a clear reason why and when that is
needed.
Jason
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