On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Mark R. Diggory wrote:
> > > Henri Yandell wrote: > > Is there any need to support both tar.gz and .zip? With the exception of > > some minor pain on Apple machines for tar.gz [although I've never had this > > myself], it seems we could ditch one of these distribution mechanisms. > > These days, most Windows tools that support zip also support tar.gz. > Most linux/unix distributions support both zip and tar. I'm not sure > about apple's capabilities when it comes to zip. A version of Apple's tar had some kind of bug. I'm not sure if that's still there. The main problem with OS X is that the default [and only reasonable] filing system is case insensitive [windows has this problem though], and more painfully, the default unzipper stuffit likes to chop filenames off at a certain length. But these are the same problems for tag.gz and zip. Hen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
