Joey Hess wrote:
> A few packages in debian use .Z files - I don't know if they have good
> reason or not. It seems to me we should use .gz files except where technical
> reasons don't allow it (like back when X didn't support .gz'd fonts). Is it
> worth making policy on this issue?

Some programs come with files that are already compressed upstream.  It is a
bit wierd for this to be done, especially considering most upstream files
are tar and gzipped.

  - Craig

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