Re: pear installer

On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Martin Jansen wrote: > On Wed, 10 Jan 2001 09:03:03 +0100, Stig S. Bakken wrote: > >Chuck Hagenbuch wrote: > >> Quoting "Stig S. Bakken" <ssb@fast.no>: > >> > >> > Since we want to include Windows users it'd be best with a three-letter > >> > extension. ".tgz" is a fallback solution, and like you say, it may not > >> > be much of a point trying to obscure the fact that we're using tar/gzip, > >> > especially since Windows is much more extension-centric than UNIX. > >> > >> Actually, .tar.gz works just fine on my windows box (and is handled fine by > >> winzip). > > > >Yeah, but how many people will get problems because there are two dots > >in the name? > > I've never seen and never heard of such a problem on Win32. > But may be I'm wrong. IMO we should take .tar.gz because it's > properly supported by winzip and some other programs, so that > we can say, that _nearly_ every win32 user can extract the > files with very low effort. > > >I've seen some programs renaming to _tar.gz etc. > > Do you have some examples? I've never seen such thing. I've seen it plenty. I think earlier versions of IE used to do it, and netscape might've also. I remember it bothering me on many occasions, especially when I couldn't get networking up on my linux box and I needed to download files with multiple dots in the name. The suggested filename in the save dialog would change all but the last . to an underscore by default. You could always change it back in the same dialog, that wouldn't cause problems. But it does happen. -peace --- BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK ----------+---------- GAT d- s:+ !a C++$ UL/S/I/B++++$ P+ | "In the ongoing battle between objects L++ E- W+(+++) N K- w(---) O-- M@ | made of aluminum going hundreds of V(--) PS+++ PE Y+ PGP@ t++ 5 X+ R- | miles per hour and the ground going tv+ b- DI++++ D+(+++) G e>++ h--- | zero, the ground has yet to lose." r++ z+>+++ - END GEEK CODE BLOCK ---+