[Owncloud] owncloud download level of entry: tar.bz -> zip
Bernhard Posselt
nukeawhale at gmail.com
Mon Mar 18 14:53:46 UTC 2013
</irony>
;)
On 03/18/2013 03:52 PM, Pascal d'Hermilly wrote:
>
> 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.
>>
>> On 03/18/2013 03:40 PM, Christophe M wrote:
>>>
>>> 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
>>> <mailto: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 <http://tar.bz> gives some head aches to some
>>> people that we can avoid by using zip.
>>>
>>> Just a heads up.
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