On Nov 23, 2009, at 11:10 AM, sebb wrote: > On 23/11/2009, Andrus Adamchik <and...@objectstyle.org> wrote: >> >> On Nov 23, 2009, at 5:49 PM, sebb wrote: >> >> >>> There is only a "bz2" archive. >>> Normally projects release archives in zip andr tar.gz format which are >>> more commonly supported. >>> >>> IMO, this is a release blocker >>> >> >> Just curious why you think this is a blocker? Each project knows better >> what formats are common and acceptable in the target user community. There's >> no single distribution format and this is not a blocker IMO. > > The project OS targets include Windows, which does not support BZ2 > natively by default, whereas Windows does now support Zip archives. > > AFAIK, all other ASF releases use both tar.gz and zip archives.
Personally, I don't see how this is a blocking issue. It is unusual. However, I leave it up to the VCL community to decide what archive format is meeting the needs of their users. --kevan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
