Re: Bug#39299: PROPOSAL] permit/require use of bz2 for source packages

[Clint Adams]

> Ideally if the package is released upstream as a .gz we should use the
> .gz.  But when it's released as .gz and .bz2 as many things now are, we
> should probably use them.

And what if it's released upstream as a .tar or a .tar.Z?