Bug#784019: freeciv: removal of bz2 support => inability to load old savegames?

[Jacob Nevins]

Package: freeciv-server
Version: 2.5.0-1

I haven't tested this at all, I'm afraid, but noticed this in the
changelog of the new Freeciv packages in experimental:

| - Remove libbz2-dev from Build-Depends.
|   We already support xz compression which is a superior compression format.

I think this means that the new server won't be able to load .sav.bz2
savegames? That would be unfortunate, since the stable package generates
them (and Freeciv is generally able to load savegames from older
versions).

Once you've released a package with support for a compression format, I
think you can practically never remove it, even if you add a newer
format.

Sorry if I've misconstrued the situation.