Hi, I already said that I will drop 7z again and keep .exe and .zip. No need for further discussion.
Am 09.03.2013 20:02, schrieb Dan McGrath: > -1 > > I also am against removing the most popular (and built into the OS) > archive format known to man out of convenience for the packager. This > seems more like a need for packaging automation, IMHO. I tend to agree > with you that if you want to remove any format, 7z should go before > zip does. > > > On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Thomas Dinges <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi everybody, >> I'd like to drop .zip archives for our windows releases. >> >> At the moment we provide .exe (Installer version) and .zip and .7z >> (Extract & Run version). >> >> Pros: >> * .7z archive is much smaller than .zip, saving traffic and also faster >> for people to download. >> * .7z format is open and supported by different programs: 7-Zip, WinZip, >> WinRar. >> >> Cons: >> * Windows does not support .7z out of the box, needs third party app >> like 7-zip. >> >> I understand that the one con is a problem in theory, but in practise >> most people have a third party app installed, whether it's 7-Zip, WinZip >> etc. >> Windows only supports .zip archives, so without a third party app, >> people can not uncompress/compress .rar, 7-zip, .tar etc... >> Asking people to install 7-Zip shouldn't be a problem, 7-Zip is free >> software (LGPL) and only 1 megabyte large. http://7-zip.org/ >> >> 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 >> >> -- >> Thomas Dinges >> Blender Developer, Artist and Musician >> >> www.dingto.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers -- Thomas Dinges Blender Developer, Artist and Musician www.dingto.org _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
