Bug#39299: AMENDED PROPOSAL] Permit use of bz2 for source packages
On Mon, Oct 25, 1999 at 11:32:32PM +0200, Goswin Brederlow wrote:
> Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> writes:
> >
> > Normally, one could just look at the extension (.gz, .bz2). I don't see a
> > need to add an extra field to the .dsc.
> >
> > Ben
>
> Then dpkg-source, dpkg-deb,.... must know all compression programs
> and their extensions that will ever be written or have been in
> use. That might make a long list.
No, it only needs to know the ones that we approve for policy. I don't
think we will be using anything other than gz and bz2 (and nor do I think
anyone else has any reasons to use anything else). If something new comes
along, then we implement it. Don't add complexity to something that is
supposed to be a simple task (dpkg-deb --build). The last thing we need is
to add complexity to the interfaces.
Ben
Reply to: