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

[Alessandro Cosentino]

Nobody sees the point. Let's stop the discussion right here, right now.

On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Arman Khalatyan <arm2arm at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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