On Tuesday 04 January 2005 11:37, Christian Mayer wrote: > Oliver C. schrieb: > | Could you change the file format from *.tgz to *.tar.gz? > | > | I ask because *.tgz is used by Slackware as a package format (it's a > > tar.gz > > | file with a install script in it) and this is leading to confusion > | when you have Slackware *.tgz files and *.tgz files that are no Slackware > | packages on your harddrive. > | > | So file endings called *.tar.gz would be much better than *.tgz. > > And what about *.zip? > > Linux can easily unzip those and Windows users have the unzipper already > comming with their OS (when it is WinXP...) >
Yes, but *.zip is not a free format. Using *.zip would be like using *.mp3 instead of *.ogg 7zip or bzip2 would be acceptable, both are free like tar.gz. Best Regards, Oliver C. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
