+1 from me as well - sorry this just escaped my notice initially. On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 12:46 AM Ishan Chattopadhyaya < [email protected]> wrote:
> +1 > > On Thu, 20 Jan, 2022, 8:28 am Timothy Potter, <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> +1 from me as well. >> >> On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 7:47 PM Noble Paul <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> +1 >>> >>> I think every platform can support .tgz. This is one less artifact to >>> upload during releases >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 11:38 AM Jan Høydahl <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I don't want to do this without a bit more support than three +1 and >>>> one +0. >>>> Asking user's list would likely trigger a response from some of those >>>> 9% using ZIP today who don't want to change scripts. >>>> But I'm more looking for technical arguments that are important but >>>> have slipped our minds. >>>> We can of course add some extra docs to README and Ref-Guide about how >>>> to untar on Windows. >>>> >>>> Jan >>>> >>>> 17. jan. 2022 kl. 12:07 skrev Alessandro Benedetti < >>>> [email protected]>: >>>> >>>> +1, I think the benefits in terms of preserving resources (and also >>>> environment-wise) outweigh the cost of downloading a specialized tool on >>>> windows for the users that need that because on an old windows. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> -------------------------- >>>> Alessandro Benedetti >>>> Apache Lucene/Solr PMC member and Committer >>>> Director, R&D Software Engineer, Search Consultant >>>> >>>> www.sease.io >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, 16 Jan 2022 at 22:54, Shawn Heisey <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 1/16/2022 2:58 PM, Mike Drob wrote: >>>>> > +0 >>>>> > >>>>> > I have no issue with this, but would maybe like to see a discussion >>>>> on >>>>> > the user@ list first and to hear the thoughts of our Windows users >>>>> (Uwe? >>>>> > Steve? Shawn?) >>>>> >>>>> +1 >>>>> >>>>> To say that I'm a Windows user would not quite be accurate. Every >>>>> place >>>>> I have actually deployed Solr has been on Linux. CentOS mostly, and >>>>> most recently on Ubuntu. I prefer the latter. >>>>> >>>>> My personal workstations have always been Windows. It's a path of >>>>> least >>>>> resistance -- I'm very familiar with it, and most of the games I like >>>>> to >>>>> play are only available for Windows. I have recently been using >>>>> Ubuntu >>>>> Desktop on my primary work machine. And I have to say that I really >>>>> like it. It was easier to transition than I had imagined. I >>>>> absolutely >>>>> love having linux commandline tools available on a workstation. >>>>> >>>>> With no zip, it will be a slight inconvenience for some Windows users, >>>>> but they do have tools available that can extract a tgz file. I >>>>> wasn't >>>>> aware that tar had been added to Windows ... that's cool. I just >>>>> extracted the tgz on my Windows 10 desktop using it. And for users of >>>>> Windows versions that don't include tar, they can download a tool like >>>>> 7zip. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Shawn >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> ----------------------------------------------------- >>> Noble Paul >>> >>
