Bug #16660 Updated: Documentation bz2 archive format is not appropriate

ID: 16660 Updated by: cortesi@php.net Reported By: bvdb@asa.de Status: Open Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Windows xxxx PHP Version: 4.2.0 New Comment: I have brought this issue to Rasmus attention during LinuxTag 2002, and he agreed that it is a Good Thing to go back to tar.gz or even to provide both zip and tar.gz for download Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-09 08:05:29] bvdb@asa.de There is still only bz2 as archive format for the HTML manual. How about offering both and counting which format is downloaded most?! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-21 17:16:23] bvdb@asa.de To make the point clear: HTML-help is great on Win-machines - so thanks for the good work to the people who did it! bz2 will be fine as soon as Winzip supports it. For now: Let's get tar.gz back asap. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-21 16:46:43] goba@php.net We have special formats for PDAs, we have PDF which is quite system independent. So I still don't know why we have gone too far with a special HTML Help format? BTW we already agreed on hosting the .tar.gz formats again, just noone activated the builds and downloads again... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-21 15:49:37] bvdb@asa.de The problem with HTML-Help is that it does only run on "true" win machines with IE4+, not on Unixes, PDAs or old Win machines (Laptops). I.e. if you _organize_ your docs on a late win machine but _use_ them on others you get problems with bz2. Why not offer _both_ formats bz2 and tar.gz? Any religious reasons? Once again, "least astonishment" should rule. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-26 10:43:45] cynic@php.net Hm, I don't understand it either... But maybe... Maybe the HTMLHelp is too windowish, and the bz2 compression too unixish? I think we should stick to RARed Klingonese. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/16660 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=16660&edit=1