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

ID: 16660 Updated by: cynic@php.net Reported By: bvdb@asa.de Status: Open Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Windows xxxx PHP Version: 4.2.0 New Comment: 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. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-26 10:39:47] goba@php.net What is the problem with the HTML Help manuals? Why do we go too far?? BTW we already decided to provide .tar.gz files again, just it seems it didn't make it to the generation system... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-26 10:29:47] philsci@jp-link.co.jp I think the problem is a lack of choice. bz2 might be better than other formats, but you (people at php.net) are little going too far with bz2 and that HTML Help... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-17 12:40:46] sander@php.net Nope, this is a documentation problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-17 11:42:30] tal@php.net Reclassified. -Tal ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-17 10:11:32] bvdb@asa.de Recently there was a change in the archive format of the downloadable documentation - from tar.gz and zip to bz2. A link to a FAQ article describing archive programs for the Windows platform was added in the left pane of http://www.php.net/download-docs.php . The bz2 format is new and not common on Windows platform - which is used by the majority of php users and programmers. Furthermore, the linked programs "Ultimate Zip" and "Quickzip" do not work properly with bz2. Using the bz2 format violates the rule of "least astonishment" and is harmful to the positive image of PHP as being user friendly. Thus I propose to return to tar.gz or .zip format for the doc files. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=16660&edit=1