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

CoDEmanX codemanx at gmx.de
Sat Mar 9 23:46:57 CET 2013


+1 for keeping zip AND 7z!

I often need a portable blender and therefore download an archive, not 
exe. 7z is about the size of the exe, while zip is quite larger and 
internet connection isn't always fast...


Am 09.03.2013 21:23, schrieb Bastien Montagne:
> Not a Windows user, but I seriously wonder what people who are not able
> to open a .7z could do with Blender? 3D programs are among the most
> complex pieces of software, so if they can’t even manage to find how to
> extract some .7z...
>
> Bastien
>
> On 09/03/2013 21:05, Harley Acheson wrote:
>> Mikhail,
>>
>>> Anyway pool on blenderartists should show actual users preferences.
>> A pool on BlenderArtists could show that a majority of windows users can
>> open 7z, but it will remain that *ALL* of them can open zip.
>>
>> Harley
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