On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 11:17:39AM +0200, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > Hi, > > 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?
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. -- ᛊᚨᚾᛁᛏᚣ᛫ᛁᛊ᛫ᚠᛟᚱ᛫ᚦᛖ᛫ᚹᛖᚨᚲ -- 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/20130508100313.ga29...@angband.pl
