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

>> bvdb@asa.de is right! bz2 is just not right for php. Why have a simple >> web scripting (and much more..) language if it is harder to open the >> manual under Microsoft Windows than actually writing the "Hello World!" >> page? > How about this script: > <?php > exec("bzip2 -d php_manual_de.html.bz2"); ?>> > No, to be serious, I did write some mails on this list here, to > stay with .tar.gz and I still think, it is the best for _all_ users. > Gabor is right when he says, that Windows users should learn, but > there should be an easy way for _all_ users. Since most Windows users > are not familiar with command line tools, it is better to offer > some format which can be unpacked via a GUI like Winzip. > Just my 0,02 DM (damn Euro ;) All people here are talking about the win-users and bz2. I guess most win-users will download the .chm-file, because this offers much more comfort. Downloading the .chm-file doesn't need any commandline-tools or unpacking. And the others are on *nix-like systems, and they are familiar with bz2 or at least commandline-tools. I personally don't care about the compression-tools to use, and on win I am _only_ using the .chm-file. And think about the new chm-edition...I can't imagine any win-user who wants to miss this :-) Therefore I can't see any reason to switch back to tar.gz :-) Just my 2 cents :-) Friedhelm