On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Alan D. Cabrera <l...@toolazydogs.com> wrote: > > On Nov 23, 2009, at 9:02 AM, Kevan Miller wrote: > >> >> On Nov 23, 2009, at 11:10 AM, sebb wrote: >> >>> 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. >> >> Personally, I don't see how this is a blocking issue. It is unusual. >> However, I leave it up to the VCL community to decide what archive format is >> meeting the needs of their users. > > This reflects my sentiments as well.
+1 Niall > Regards, > Alan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
