Index: trunk/vendor/plugins/asset_packager/lib/synthesis/asset_package.rb
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--- trunk/vendor/plugins/asset_packager/lib/synthesis/asset_package.rb (revision 67)
+++ trunk/vendor/plugins/asset_packager/lib/synthesis/asset_package.rb (revision 69)
@@ -4,5 +4,10 @@
     @@asset_packages_yml = $asset_packages_yml || 
       (File.exists?("#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/asset_packages.yml") ? YAML.load_file("#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/asset_packages.yml") : nil)
-  
+
+    @@compress_js = @@compress_css = @@remove_css_comments = true
+    cattr_accessor :compress_js, :compress_css, :remove_css_comments
+
     # singleton methods
     def self.find_by_type(asset_type)
@@ -146,6 +151,8 @@
       def compressed_file
         case @asset_type
-          when "javascripts" then compress_js(merged_file)
-          when "stylesheets" then compress_css(merged_file)
+          when "javascripts"
+            @@compress_js ? compress_js(merged_file) : merged_file
+          when "stylesheets"
+            @@compress_css ? compress_css(merged_file) : merged_file
         end
       end
@@ -174,5 +181,5 @@
       def compress_css(source)
         source.gsub!(/\s+/, " ")           # collapse space
-        source.gsub!(/\/\*(.*?)\*\/ /, "") # remove comments - caution, might want to remove this if using css hacks
+        source.gsub!(/\/\*(.*?)\*\/ /, "") if @@remove_css_comments # remove comments - caution, might want to disable this with Synthesis::AssetPackage.remove_css_comments = false if using css hacks
         source.gsub!(/\} /, "}\n")         # add line breaks
         source.gsub!(/\n$/, "")            # remove last break