On 5/26/07, A. Pagaltzis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
* demerphq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-05-26 19:20]:
> BTW, id say that if this is an issue for Unix users then they
> should file a bug with the people that wrote their
> decompression software and/or installer software.
It's the decompression software's fault that it correctly
preserves the data in the archive when decompressing?! Are you
serious?
Sorry, but it is *the _compression_ software's* bug.
Fine, then what do i do about it? File a bug with Archive::Tar
(maintained by a non windows programmer)?
> I dont see it as being my problem as a Win32 developer at all.
> Im sympathetic to the annoyance it causes but to me its like
> opening a book written in a language you dont read and
> complaining that it isnt written in one you do. I mean if Win32
> doesnt even support this concept how is it my problem what your
> software does when unpacking?
Tarballs are a Unix concept and use Unix permission semantics.
Win32 developers creating tarballs are writing books in a
language they don't speak. Then they get annoyed that native
(or fluid) speakers of the language complain when their books
are full of mistakes.
(What a silly metaphor… but anyway.)
Ok fair enough. I sit corrected.
Sorry, you're wrong. I'm sorry if the silly Unix people are
grating on your nerves, but they're right.
Ok im wrong, and yes comments like "suffering from windows" do grate
on my nerves.
Maybe ill just upload my files in zip format from now on only, then
its not my problem anymore right? Would that be better?
Yves
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perl -Mre=debug -e "/just|another|perl|hacker/"
