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

ID: 16660 Updated by: bvdb@asa.de Reported By: bvdb@asa.de Status: Open Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Windows xxxx PHP Version: 4.2.0 New Comment: 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. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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