RE: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking
| From: | James Cox | Date: | Mon, 08 Apr 2002 05:39:10 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking | ||
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if we want to make our lives easier wrt windows users, we should support
.zip not tar.gz.
+1 for .zip.
-----Original Message-----
From: Gabor Hojtsy [mailto:goba@php.net]
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 11:46 PM
To: Sander Roobol; Simone Cortesi
Cc: derick@php.net; mfischer@php.net; group@php.net; PHP Documentation
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking
> >> > Anyway, the files unpack just fine on w2k with the right tools
> >> [tm] (i
> >> > used cygwin, bunzip2). If it doesn't work for you your tools are
> >> broken
> >> > or you don't know how to use them.
> >>
> >> Again, as nobody on windows is familiar with bzip2, which is
> >> perfectly
> >> normal as nobody else uses it, dont expect users to be familiar with
> >> it.
> >>
> >> i strongly recommend to use .tar.gz again.
> >
> > +1
>
> And a +1 from me...
-1. We need to educate the guys. Bzip2 is not that hard...
Goba