On Mon, Oct 25, 1999 at 11:32:32PM +0200, Goswin Brederlow wrote: > Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Normally, one could just look at the extension (.gz, .bz2). I don't see a > > need to add an extra field to the .dsc. > > > > Ben > > Then dpkg-source, dpkg-deb,.... must know all compression programs > and their extensions that will ever be written or have been in > use. That might make a long list.
No, it only needs to know the ones that we approve for policy. I don't think we will be using anything other than gz and bz2 (and nor do I think anyone else has any reasons to use anything else). If something new comes along, then we implement it. Don't add complexity to something that is supposed to be a simple task (dpkg-deb --build). The last thing we need is to add complexity to the interfaces. Ben
