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

ID: 16660 Updated by: goba@php.net Reported By: bvdb@asa.de Status: Open Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Windows xxxx PHP Version: 4.2.0 New Comment: Uh, it seems like I was the only one missing from LinuxTag ;(( I still have examtime... BTW we already agreen on providing BOTH bz2 and tar.gz but as only Jim Winstead can modify this, and (it seems) he had no time to do it, it's not done... ;(( Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-10 06:13:45] cortesi@php.net 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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