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

[Goswin Brederlow]

Clint Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> > 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?

In case of a tar, just bzip2 it and fine. The md5sum and signatures
should be for the .tar file anyway.

In case of tar.Z, shoot the hostage.

May the Source be with you.
                        Goswin