On Jun 10, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > On Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 02:02:35PM -0500, Chris Lawrence wrote: > > > I further propose that the use of bzip2 be mandatory for newly uploaded > > source files > > Upstream doesn't always provide .tar.bz2 packages.
(zcat upstream.orig.tar.gz | bzip2 > upstream.orig.tar.bz2) or (if timestamps matter to you): (gunzip upstream.orig.tar.gz; bzip2 upstream.orig.tar) I think upstream source can be considered "pristine" so long as the underlying tar file remains unchanged. Chris P.S. No need to CC me, I'm subscribed to policy.
