Stefano Zacchiroli <z...@debian.org> writes: > On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 05:35:19PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: >> We need a guarantee that gzip will always produce the same output, which >> we already know isn't the case and which doesn't look sustainable going >> forward. > > My understanding of #647522 is different. There is a patch (by Cyril) > and upstream (Paul Eggert) is looking into it. With interest, AFAICT. > > That is a bug and ought to be fixed in its own right. Then, the > discussion of how much we should rely on it or not is a different one, > but it's good to separate the concerns. > > Cheers.
We also need to make sure that we will always have a gzip that can reproduce the current output. Otherwise pristine-tar will break down and that will be a big blow for many many version control repositories. MfG Goswin -- 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/87k43tcmsp.fsf@frosties.localnet