[Owncloud] owncloud download level of entry: tar.bz -> zip

Christophe M meumeu1402 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 18 14:40:34 UTC 2013


Windows is an obstacle for people using a computer, stop blaming file
format :p
El 18/03/2013 13:31, "Pascal d'Hermilly" <pascal at dhermilly.dk> escribió:

> I was a bit supprised to see that the official download of OC5 is in TAR
> BZIP format since Owncloud has always tried to keep a low level of entry
> for new deployments.
> This means an extra obstacle for many people running windows, (mac also?)
> If the download was in zip this obstacle would not be present.
> The compression ratio is a little lower.
> not compressed=43,7 MB
> Tar.bz=13,2 MB
> Zip=17,8 MB
>
> I think tar.bz gives some head aches to some people that we can avoid by
> using zip.
>
> Just a heads up.
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