Bug#39299: AMENDED PROPOSAL] Permit use of bz2 for source packages
On Sat, Oct 23, 1999 at 03:17:43PM -0500, Chris Lawrence wrote:
> 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.
If anything, this needs to be restricted to a package in "experiemental",
not in any of the main archives. That way there is no chance of some
saying "well the option was there, I didn't know we didn't actually
support it yet, so I used it". Adding that feature is no problem as long
as it isn't in the mainline. I think we may see some regular uploads to
expieremental for dpkg here in the near future anyway.
Ben
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