On 23/11/2009, Andrus Adamchik <and...@objectstyle.org> wrote: > > On Nov 23, 2009, at 5:49 PM, sebb wrote: > > > > There is only a "bz2" archive. > > Normally projects release archives in zip andr tar.gz format which are > > more commonly supported. > > > > IMO, this is a release blocker > > > > Just curious why you think this is a blocker? Each project knows better > what formats are common and acceptable in the target user community. There's > no single distribution format and this is not a blocker IMO.
The project OS targets include Windows, which does not support BZ2 natively by default, whereas Windows does now support Zip archives. AFAIK, all other ASF releases use both tar.gz and zip archives. > Andrus > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: > general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
