Bug#818574: dose : does not support xz input files
Holger Levsen:
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 04:54:00PM +0000, Niels Thykier wrote:
>> Holger Levsen:
>>> On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 07:07:00PM +0000, Niels Thykier wrote:
>>>> It is my understanding that the FTP masters want to retire Packages.gz
>>>> shortly before the Stretch release.
>>>
>>> why shortly *before* the release? did you maybe mean shortly after the
>>> release?
>> I believe it will be "before" as once it is released, it will be too
>> late to change (and I remember it as being targeted for Stretch).
>
> seems I was too subtile… so let's be blunt: why is this change done
> shortly before the release and not months in advance?
>
>
It was done months ago (as in ½ year ago). That is why we know dose is
broken with only ".xz" files.
See also <87k2l3xua3.fsf@gkar.ganneff.de> (from d-d-a dated 2016-03-15),
which is my primary source on this matter.
~Niels
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