We actually did use the 7z compression for the Windows port one time. It was a self-contained self-extractor, (so no one needed to have 7-Zip installed). It saved about 20 MB of download. I'm not sure why we stopped using it, other than Daniel and I haven't been making the extractor. I thought the releases group was going to start using it - but I guess they haven't been.
But I agree with Rich partly. 7z shouldn't be used for anything other than Windows - because it's not maintained for anything other than Windows. But saving 20 MB of download for Windows users (which is the majority of OpenOffice.org users / downloaders) to me is reason enough to use it. -Chad On 7/18/06, Rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
if this is a suggestion to use 7z for odf files, then that will probably not happen in a near future (i hope :) ) that would break standard, break integration with a lot of systems, 7zip is basically unmaintained for linux etc... i'm sure there are other reasons as well :) Siddharth Patil wrote: > In your next releases, replace support for Zip with 7-Zip ODF compression. > It is free and open-source, and the compression rates are generally better. > It performs better than Zip. > > Thank you, > Devoted OpenOffice user -- Rich --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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