Hi, .zip is natively supported on Windows. Not only that, it is the most supported format. So, I don't think there is good reason to drop it except for size. Also, 7z is only 30% percent smaller, which makes a difference only ~10 seconds to download on good connection. Self unpacking archives are not trustworthy and worse than installers. If you want, I can pack .zip archives!
Best, Alex On 3/9/2013 11:58 AM, Thomas Dinges wrote: > It's stupid to have 3 binaries for Windows (*2) and building etc is not > really a batch process for me. ;) > > We have the installer (.exe) for convenience and that is probably the > format that is used by most people. This will stay. > For the archives though I'd like a change. > > 1) Only provide 7z > 2) Provide an auto extract .exe (7z compression inside a .exe) > 3) Only provide zip > > But imho 3) is the most stupid thing, and the only reason 3) has one pro > argument is that stupid windows does not know any other format than zip. > > Thomas > > > Am 09.03.2013 17:16, schrieb Harley Acheson: >> Thomas, >> >> You talked about the pros and cons of the *formats* but not of the >> pros and cons of your proposal. What maintenance is really involved >> in taking a folder of files and compressing it into two archives versus >> one? >> >> The "pros" include more choice and much more convenience for the >> user. The "cons" include 5 seconds more time involved in a batch process >> creating two archives, and 50 megabytes of storage on the server per >> release. >> >> I'd say if you really have to drop one of the two archive types for >> Windows then drop 7z and keep the zip - the one that is *integrated into >> the operating system*. >> >> It is true that you only use one archive format for Mac, but that format is >> zip. All arguments about 7z being better than zip would apply there too but >> I doubt anyone would consider changing all archives for all OSs to 7z. >> >> Harley >> >> >> >> Anyway, I don't think we should keep 3x different types of binaries (*2 >>> for the architecture) for Windows, as for Mac and Linux we also only >>> provide one for each bitness. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Thomas >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> Bf-committers@blender.org >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers