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

To: Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org>, 39299@bugs.debian.org
Cc: Chris Lawrence <cnlawren@olemiss.edu>, debian-policy@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#39299: PROPOSAL] permit/require use of bz2 for source packages
From: Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 09:08:24 -0400
Message-id: <[🔎] 19990613090824.A23637@dman.com>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 19990610131816.C7771@debian.org>; from Joseph Carter on Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 01:18:16PM -0700
References: <[🔎] E10sA60-0006r2-00@humberto.polisci.olemiss.edu> <[🔎] 19990610131816.C7771@debian.org>

> Ideally if the package is released upstream as a .gz we should use the
> .gz.  But when it's released as .gz and .bz2 as many things now are, we
> should probably use them.

And what if it's released upstream as a .tar or a .tar.Z?

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