[p2-dev] Pack200 compression?

[Thomas Hallgren <thomas@xxxxxxx>]

I found lots repository files under download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates 
that have the extension .jar.pack.gz (i.e. composite.jar.pack.gz and 
artifacts.jar.pack.gz). That made me curious. Why would we ever use 
pack200 on files that never contain java binaries? To my knowledge, that 
just adds lots of unnecessary overhead. Will P2 ever look for such 
files? And if it does, what's the rationale behind that?

Regards,
Thomas Hallgren