Re: Re: too much distributions on php.net
| From: | Steph | Date: | Fri, 11 Apr 2003 17:55:07 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: too much distributions on php.net | ||
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> Hi I have VisualC++ and compile PHP stuff and I don't have bzip
> or whatever it is installed.
Same as (cygwin notwithstanding). Anyone with winzip can open tar.gz's,
which take up much less space than zip files.. but on the other hand,
win32 users are just as likely to identify 'their' download by the .zip
file extension if it's not otherwise marked. PHP is often the first
introduction a windows user has to opensource projects, or indeed to src
files. It's worth taking some time to think this through and not make
it difficult for people to learn how software works, imho. (e.g. we
could be clear about labelling a download as win32-friendly but make it
tar.gz if space is an issue).