Ben Collins writes ("Re: Bug#54002: PROPOSAL] permit use of bzip2 for source
packages"):
> On Thu, Jan 13, 2000 at 12:05:47AM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > This should not be a policy proposal yet, I think. Instead, get the
> > code into the distributed version of dpkg-dev for a year or so and
> > then we can think about changing it.
...
> The version of dpkg that I have in experiemental allows the use of bz2 for
> dpkg-source without breaking the format.
That's great, but as I say, get it into the stable distribution for a
year or so and then we can change the policy.
Ian.
