--- SourceCheck.py
+++ SourceCheck.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 DEFAULT_VALID_SRC_PERMS = (0644, 0755)
 
-source_regex = re.compile('\\.(tar|patch|tgz|diff)$')
+source_regex = re.compile('\\.(tar|tar\.gz|patch|tgz|diff)$')
 compress_ext = Config.getOption("CompressExtension", "bz2")
 valid_src_perms = Config.getOption("ValidSrcPerms", DEFAULT_VALID_SRC_PERMS)
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
                 else:
                     spec_file = fname
             elif source_regex.search(fname) and compress_ext and \
-                    not fname.endswith(compress_ext):
+                    not fname.endswith(compress_ext) and pkgfile.size > 120*1024:
                 printWarning(pkg, 'source-or-patch-not-compressed',
                              compress_ext, fname)
             perm = pkgfile.mode & 07777
@@ -58,8 +58,10 @@
 
 'source-or-patch-not-compressed',
 '''A source archive or file in your package is not compressed using the %s
-compression method (doesn't have the %s extension).''' %
-(compress_ext, compress_ext),
+compression method (doesn't have the %s extension).
+Files bigger than 100k should be bzip2'ed
+in order to save space. To bzip2 a patch, use bzip2. To bzip2 a source
+tarball, use bznew''' % (compress_ext, compress_ext),
 
 'strange-permission',
 '''A file that you listed to include in your package has strange