On Sun, Oct 10, 1999 at 07:20:10PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > > Permit/require use of bz2 for source packages (#39299) > > * Old. > > * Proposed on 10 Jun 1999 by Chris Lawrence; seconded by Goswin > > Brederlow. > > * "I propose that we permit the use of bzip2 to compress source > > package files (.orig.tar and .diff for most packages, .tar for > > native packages). I further propose that the use of bzip2 be > > mandatory for newly uploaded source files, and that any existing > > source packages in the archive in gzip format exceeding 5 MB of > > compressed space be converted upon the freeze for potato." > > ( The reason this was proposed is because we're almost overflowing > > the second source CD already. This is a very contentious proposal. ) > > Seconded. I really think the "require" and "mandatory" parts are a Bad Plan. If bz2 support is ACTUALLY WRITTEN I would support policy that recommends using bz2 if upstream does. I think people with huge packages will do the right thing because it's the right thing in almost all cases. -- Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org> Debian GNU/Linux developer GnuPG: 2048g/3F9C2A43 - 20F6 2261 F185 7A3E 79FC 44F9 8FF7 D7A3 DCF9 DAB3 PGP 2.6: 2048R/50BDA0ED - E8 D6 84 81 E3 A8 BB 77 8E E2 29 96 C9 44 5F BE -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now I can finally explain to everyone why I do this. I just got $7 worth of free stuff for working on Debian !
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