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

[Norman Rieß]

Windows people always expect us to bow to mediocre technology, make it
hard for us and easy for them. And then call us elitist....


Am 18.03.2013 15:52, wrote 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.
>>
>> 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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