Bug#39299: AMENDED PROPOSAL] Permit use of bz2 for source packages
On Oct 23, Raul Miller wrote:
> The one issue I can see is existing support for source packages.
>
> We should not allow bz2 source packages into our archives until after
> the source package tools have a good track record with transparently
> supporting this format.
Fair enough; probably what we need is:
1. dpkg-dev needs the bzip2 support folded in ASAP, ahead of the
policy change, perhaps with a note that bz2 format is not to be
used for "live" uploads until it is adopted in policy.
2. We test the bzip2 support, perhaps uploading bz2 format files to
experimental (?). We could also run some scripts on a local mirror
to do some regression testing (i.e. unpack gz source packages and
repack with bz2 format).
3. Once we're satisfied bzip2 archives are handled "correctly", update
policy accordingly.
Sound fair enough?
Chris
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