[Bf-committers] Suggestion: Drop zip archives (Windows releases)

[Thomas Dinges]

Hi,
I already said that I will drop 7z again and keep .exe and .zip. No need 
for further discussion.

Am 09.03.2013 20:02, schrieb Dan McGrath:
> -1
>
> I also am against removing the most popular (and built into the OS)
> archive format known to man out of convenience for the packager. This
> seems more like a need for packaging automation, IMHO. I tend to agree
> with you that if you want to remove any format, 7z should go before
> zip does.
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Thomas Dinges <blender at dingto.org> wrote:
>> Hi everybody,
>> I'd like to drop .zip archives for our windows releases.
>>
>> At the moment we provide .exe (Installer version) and .zip and .7z
>> (Extract & Run version).
>>
>> Pros:
>> * .7z archive is much smaller than .zip, saving traffic and also faster
>> for people to download.
>> * .7z format is open and supported by different programs: 7-Zip, WinZip,
>> WinRar.
>>
>> Cons:
>> * Windows does not support .7z out of the box, needs third party app
>> like 7-zip.
>>
>> I understand that the one con is a problem in theory, but in practise
>> most people have a third party app installed, whether it's 7-Zip, WinZip
>> etc.
>> Windows only supports .zip archives, so without a third party app,
>> people can not uncompress/compress .rar, 7-zip, .tar etc...
>> Asking people to install 7-Zip shouldn't be a problem, 7-Zip is free
>> software (LGPL) and only 1 megabyte large. http://7-zip.org/
>>
>> Anyway, I don't think we should keep 3x different types of binaries (*2
>> for the architecture) for Windows, as for Mac and Linux we also only
>> provide one for each bitness.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Thomas
>>
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>> Thomas Dinges
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>>
>> www.dingto.org
>>
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