On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:35:19 +0100, Michael Baierl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > till wrote: >> >> I guess it wouldn't hurt to make this configurable. ;-) >> > > I agree, but I would also say that ZIP is the de-facto standard that is > supported by all Operating Systems. And why build up something where you > can choose between zip, arj, rar, gz, bz2 when practically all do the > same and just one is needed?
Because most of the others are able to compress/uncompress faster and smaller. Because there is greater support in most of the web products for gzip/bzip - not to mention the fact that the most frequently used/ installed web server (Apache) can compress web communication on-the-fly. Did I mention that PHP supports gzip out-of-the-box? :) Sorry, couldn't resist. :) > > So I would really recommend using ZIP only (using the PHP extension > <http://uk.php.net/zip>) to keep the code simple and maintainable. > > My 2c, > > Mike > -- > Michael Baierl > <http://mbaierl.com/> > _______________________________________________ > List info: http://lists.roundcube.net/dev/ ///////////////////////////////////////////////////// Service provided by hitOmeter.NET internet messaging! . _______________________________________________ List info: http://lists.roundcube.net/dev/
