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

[Pascal d'Hermilly]

Both Bernhard and Christophe are quite elitist, but my point is that there is no need for that.
In this case it's no extra work to be there for everyone - It's just a mindful decision.

/Pascal

On 18-03-2013 15:44, Bernhard Posselt wrote:
> Easy solution: install ubuntu in a vm and share a directory. Extract the bzip in ubuntu and then the contents are available in windows.
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> On 03/18/2013 03:40 PM, Christophe M wrote:
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>> Windows is an obstacle for people using a computer, stop blaming file format :p
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>> El 18/03/2013 13:31, "Pascal d'Hermilly" <pascal at dhermilly.dk <mailto:pascal at dhermilly.dk>> escribió:
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>>     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
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>>     I think tar.bz <http://tar.bz> gives some head aches to some people that we can avoid by using zip.
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>>     Just a heads up.
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