* demerphq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-05-26 19:20]: > BTW, id say that if this is an issue for Unix users then they > should file a bug with the people that wrote their > decompression software and/or installer software.
It’s the decompression software’s fault that it correctly preserves the data in the archive when decompressing?! Are you serious? Sorry, but it is *the _compression_ software’s* bug. > I dont see it as being my problem as a Win32 developer at all. > Im sympathetic to the annoyance it causes but to me its like > opening a book written in a language you dont read and > complaining that it isnt written in one you do. I mean if Win32 > doesnt even support this concept how is it my problem what your > software does when unpacking? Tarballs are a Unix concept and use Unix permission semantics. Win32 developers creating tarballs are writing books in a language they don’t speak. Then they get annoyed that native (or fluid) speakers of the language complain when their books are full of mistakes. (What a silly metaphor… but anyway.) Sorry, you’re wrong. I’m sorry if the silly Unix people are grating on your nerves, but they’re right. Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>
