Hi! On Wed, 2013-05-08 at 12:03:13 +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 11:17:39AM +0200, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > > On 05/07/2013 21:49, Guillem Jover wrote: > > > As mentioned some months ago [0], I'm planning to switch dpkg-deb default > > > compressor from gzip to xz, as there seemed to be consensus that was > > > the way to go, and given the amount of already manually switched > > > packages, or packaging helpers. :/ > > > > > > [0] <http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/08/msg00822.html> > > > > Do you plan to switch the default compression for source packages to xz > > as well?
I've not proposed this for now, because I don't think we've discussed it previously. But I'm happy to do the switch for V2+ formats (not for V1) at the same time (or during the dpkg 1.17.x cycle) if there's also consensus for it. > Would be great -- as opposed to ancient xz-less systems that can be an issue > for debootstrap, source packages are always safe. If you backport to a > version of Debian that old, you're deep in recursive backport land anyway > and having one more tool to backport isn't a hurdle. Right. Thanks, Guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130508112133.ga7...@gaara.hadrons.org
