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

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi,

Download stats for 2.66 windows, at blender.org last month:

.exe: 73k
.zip 17k
.7z 480

Yes, only 480. The vast majority loads the exe still :)

-Ton-

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Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation   ton at blender.org    www.blender.org
Blender Institute   Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam   The Netherlands

On 10 Mar, 2013, at 0:17, Antony Riakiotakis wrote:

> For me, as a windows user, the installer is the most familiar medium
> so I don't care about the form the compressed format comes in. Since
> the installer is quite large and is the most "official", I don't mind
> having a slightly bigger zip over 7-zip(which is my favourite unzipper
> too btw). The unzipped blender will be the same space either way. But
> Thomas has agreed anyway so...
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