On 2006-08-17 Guillem Jover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2006-08-12 at 17:57:23 +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: >> Package: dpkg-dev >> Version: 1.13.22 >> Severity: wishlist
>> dpkg-source in sid supports unpacking packages using bz2 compression, >> i.e. >> foo_0.5.9-1.diff.gz foo_0.5.9-1.dsc foo_0.5.9.orig.tar.bz2 >> It would nice if dpkg-buildpackage also supported producing these >> packages. I would appreciate this a lot, as it would allow me to ship >> gnutls' sourcecoding without re-packing it. - Upstream nowadays only >> offers tar.bz2, but no tar.gz. > Sorry but this is not going to be possible until a version of dpkg > which supports this is in stable. Hello, Do we require to be able to extraxt unstable's source packages with stable's dpkg? Why? There are no upgrade issues (As would be for bz2 parts in *binary* packages.). > Also current dak on ftp-master rejects > such uploads, until the proper time arrives. I do understand that there is more required than just changing the code (dpkg-dev is standard, bzip2 is optional) but I cannot fathom why this is connected to releasing. cu andreas -- The 'Galactic Cleaning' policy undertaken by Emperor Zhark is a personal vision of the emperor's, and its inclusion in this work does not constitute tacit approval by the author or the publisher for any such projects, howsoever undertaken. (c) Jasper Ffforde -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
