What do we do about this? IIRC, most people wanted to get tgz or zip back. Nothing has been decided, though. Let's reopen the discussion :)
Sander On 2002.04.17 18:40 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ID: 16660 > Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Status: Open > -Bug Type: Feature/Change Request > +Bug Type: Documentation problem > Operating System: Windows xxxx > PHP Version: 4.2.0 > New Comment: > > Nope, this is a documentation problem. > > > Previous Comments: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [2002-04-17 11:42:30] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Reclassified. > > -Tal > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [2002-04-17 10:11:32] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Recently there was a change in the archive format of the downloadable > documentation - from tar.gz and zip to bz2. A link to a FAQ article > describing archive programs for the Windows platform was added in the > left pane of http://www.php.net/download-docs.php . > > The bz2 format is new and not common on Windows platform - which is > used by the majority of php users and programmers. Furthermore, the > linked programs "Ultimate Zip" and "Quickzip" do not work properly > with > bz2. > Using the bz2 format violates the rule of "least astonishment" and is > harmful to the positive image of PHP as being user friendly. > > Thus I propose to return to tar.gz or .zip format for the doc files. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > -- > Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=16660&edit=1 > > >
