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

[Aksakal, M.]

Winrar can handle tar bzip files and I think 7zip can as well. Too be
honest, if you don't have one of those installed you have no business being
a server admin.


On 19 March 2013 09:43, Daniel Molkentin <danimo at owncloud.com> wrote:

> 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 <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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