Re: Re: too much distributions on php.net

Correcting myself, bzip2 for windows is 50k and is not related to cygwin. It is linked to MS CRT. Sorry Andrey P.S. bzip2.exe can be found here : http://hristov.com/andrey/projects/php_stuff/wbin/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrey Hristov" <andrey@webgate.bg> To: "John Lim" <heyjohnlim@yahoo.com> Cc: <internals@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 7:47 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: too much distributions on php.net > John, > I asked how many are the ppl who do the same? bzip2 (or bunzip2) for windows > are 50k each (compiled for MS CRT, so need for cygwin). > > > Andrey > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Lim" <heyjohnlim@yahoo.com> > To: <internals@lists.php.net> > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 7:47 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: too much distributions on php.net > > > > Hi I have VisualC++ and compile PHP stuff and I don't have bzip > > or whatever it is installed. > > > > "Andrey Hristov" <andrey@webgate.bg> wrote in message > > news:008c01c30046$05290170$1601a8c0@andreywin... > > > Why the windows ppl will need the bz2 while only the sources are bz2-ed. > > > How many are the ppl out there who have Visual C and want to compile > PHP? > > > So bz2 for sources, since bz2 can be decompressed on all linuxes and > > > probably most unices. zip for the windows binary distribution. > > > > > > Andrey > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "SHEETS,JASON (HP-Boise,ex1)" <jason.sheets@hp.com> > > > To: "'Tom Sommer'" <webmaster@tsn.dk>; > > > <internals@lists.php.net> > > > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 7:15 PM > > > Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] Re: too much distributions on php.net > > > > > > > > > > I've placed a request with WinZip to support BZ2, they said they would > > > send > > > > it to the developers so it will probably never happen but one could > > wish. > > > > > > > > A .gz file as well as a .bz2 file would work, WinZip supports gzip > well. > > > > Most users I know will not go looking for a program to decompress a > file > > > > assuming they even know how to do that. > > > > > > > > The Unix people already are aware of BZ2 but most Windows users are > not > > :) > > > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Tom Sommer [mailto:webmaster@tsn.dk] > > > > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 10:09 AM > > > > To: internals@lists.php.net > > > > Subject: [PHP-DEV] Re: too much distributions on php.net > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 12:02:20 -0400, Colin Viebrock wrote: > > > > > > > > > My Mac and Windows copies of Stuffit Expander handle .bz2 files. > > > > > WinZip doesn't. And there are lots of bzip apps for Windows. > > > > > > > > Winrar works with bz2, not very well... but it works > > > > > > > > I think we need a .zip for windows and a .gz and/or .bz2 for Linux > > > > > > > > If a windows newbie goes to the download page and sees only a .bz2 > > > > available, he'll get extremely confused :) > > > > > > > > The .zip is sort of mandatory, IMO :) > > > > -- > > > > Tom Sommer, Denmark > > > > www.tsn.dk - www.dreamcoder.dk > > > > > > > > -- > > > > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > > > > To unsubscribe, visit: > > > > http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > -- > > > > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > > > > To unsubscribe, visit: > > > > http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >