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7zip not idea for Windows installers
02-26-2018, 12:24 PM
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(02-26-2018, 12:12 PM)Helios Wrote: It's not our problem if other software can't figure out LetsEncrypt.

That, unfortunately, does nothing to help the user.

Quote:[color=#000000]In any case, I don't see a compelling reason to ditch 7zip.[/color]

As already stated previously: 1) You can't get it securely on Windows, and 2) It's annoying for the user to have to download third party software to unpack an archive. Perhaps that's not compelling to you. Ok, we disagree. That's fine.

Quote:[color=#000000]Uncompressed dolphin folder - 55mb
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[color=#000000]zip - 22.4mb[/color]

[color=#000000][color=#000000]LZMA (7z) - 12.6mb

[/color]Not to mention that zip is a mess of a format and LZMA/7z is actually both performant and reasonably clean of a format.
[/color]

I'm not sure why the user would care whether the download is 12MB or 22MB, and I'm sure they don't care whether the compressed file is a "good" format or a "bad" format.

How about adding a zip archive along-side the 7zip one? If users want to save 12MB of download bandwidth then they can go for 7zip, while folks preferring to use the Windows  platform's built-in decompression can use the zip.

Meanwhile, I guess we should go harass 7zip and WinZIP to fix their websites :-)
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7zip not idea for Windows installers - danielsank - 02-25-2018, 06:56 AM
RE: 7zip not idea for Windows installers - Helios - 02-25-2018, 08:13 AM
RE: 7zip not idea for Windows installers - danielsank - 02-26-2018, 04:23 AM
RE: 7zip not idea for Windows installers - mbc07 - 02-26-2018, 05:53 AM
RE: 7zip not idea for Windows installers - danielsank - 02-26-2018, 07:24 AM
RE: 7zip not idea for Windows installers - mbc07 - 02-26-2018, 10:05 AM
RE: 7zip not idea for Windows installers - danielsank - 02-26-2018, 10:34 AM
RE: 7zip not idea for Windows installers - Helios - 02-26-2018, 12:12 PM
RE: 7zip not idea for Windows installers - danielsank - 02-26-2018, 12:24 PM
RE: 7zip not idea for Windows installers - Helios - 02-26-2018, 12:30 PM
RE: 7zip not idea for Windows installers - danielsank - 02-26-2018, 12:36 PM
RE: 7zip not idea for Windows installers - mbc07 - 02-26-2018, 01:05 PM
RE: 7zip not idea for Windows installers - KHg8m3r - 02-26-2018, 04:19 PM
RE: 7zip not idea for Windows installers - AnyOldName3 - 02-26-2018, 10:10 PM

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