It's been tar.gz for a long time before, I don't see why we can't keep
providing it in that format?  Download size?

 - Stig

On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 07:38, Andi Gutmans wrote:
> I definitely would go for either .zip or .tar.gz. I think .zip on Windows 
> is preferable but as .tar.gz is supported by Winzip it's OK too.
> I don't think it's right to start educating windows users like Gabor says. 
> It has nothing to do with bzip2 being hard but with the fact that barely 
> anyone has it installed under Windows.
> 
> Andi
> 
> At 06:39 08/04/2002 +0100, James Cox wrote:
> >if we want to make our lives easier wrt windows users, we should support
> >.zip not tar.gz.
> >
> >+1 for .zip.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Gabor Hojtsy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 11:46 PM
> >To: Sander Roobol; Simone Cortesi
> >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; PHP Documentation
> >List
> >Subject: Re: [PHP-DOC] Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking
> >
> >
> > > >> > Anyway, the files unpack just fine on w2k with the right tools
> > > >> [tm] (i
> > > >> > used cygwin, bunzip2). If it doesn't work for you your tools are
> > > >> broken
> > > >> > or you don't know how to use them.
> > > >>
> > > >> Again, as nobody on windows is familiar with bzip2, which is
> > > >> perfectly
> > > >> normal as nobody else uses it, dont expect users to be familiar with
> > > >> it.
> > > >>
> > > >> i strongly recommend to use .tar.gz again.
> > > >
> > > > +1
> > >
> > > And a +1 from me...
> >
> >-1. We need to educate the guys. Bzip2 is not that hard...
> >
> >Goba

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