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

[Daniel Molkentin]

Especially since I added a link to the zip file on the download page somewhen half way through the discussion, and nobody seems to take this as a reason to stop arguing ;)

Am 19.03.2013 um 08:48 schrieb 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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