On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 03:52:51AM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > Hi! > > I'd like to switch the default dpkg-source compressor to xz for V2+ > (not for V1) source formats, as suggested by Ansgar Burchardt in [0]. > > [0] <http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/05/msg00377.html> > > After having switched the default dpkg-deb compressor to xz in 1.17.0, > it only makes sense to update the new source formats too, more so when > an increasing number of packages are getting switched manually. And > given that there should be less of an issue wrt compatibility with > other systems, compared to .deb packages. > > So if there's no strong opposition, this would probably happen around > dpkg 1.17.3 or thereabouts.
Is there actually much to win with this, since this is going to only affect -debian.tar.*? Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130813021216.ga29...@glandium.org
