Hi Thomas, Thomas wrote:
> I don't get it; what exactly is the problem when upstream distributes their > source in multiple formats, including .xz and .lz, among others? Please check again point 1 and 2. See below: 1- Somebody from Debian says: "if a lot of upstream tarballs start to be natively avaiable in .gz and .lzip format (no .xz), *then* it becomes interesting to at least support lzip for source packages" 2- An upstream decides to switch its tarballs from xz to lzip 3- Somebody else, also from Debian, asks the upstream above to bring back the xz tarball 4- As a result, lzip is almost never used alone (without xz), and Debian can justify forever the lack of lzip support You need to consider all four points to understand the issue. Maria Bisen
