Bug#506861: xz support for python-debian

[Stuart Prescott]

forcemerge 506861 735267
severity 735267 important
thanks

Hi Neil and python-debian maintainers,

Neil: your simple patch stops debfile from crashing when it sees xz compressed 
packages but doesn't permit debfile to work with these files. A patch for this 
has now existed in the bts for a while now.

I've been very much hoping that someone would look over this patch and provide 
some feedback on it and/or merge it. Perhaps, at this stage, we should just 
upload it and deal with any bugs.

Perhaps I've not made it clear enough in the past, but I am quite willing to 
help out with python-debian maintenance. I would, however, be happier if there 
were some code review of contributions.

So, python-debian maintainers, any thoughts here? A review of this patch 
perhaps? Should I NMU python-debian with this patch? How about the others in 
the bts? Should I add myself to Uploaders while I'm at it?

cheers
Stuart

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