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

[Arman Khalatyan]

I am a extensive  windows user. I never care about archive file formats
after 7zip(free,opensource) installation: R-click then select to extract
almost any archive. I don't see any point of discussion of bz or gz or zip.
Arman.
On Mar 19, 2013 7:17 AM, "Norman Rieß" <norman at smash-net.org> wrote:

> 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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