Well, it's been a total failure

[Walter Bright]

Russel Winder wrote:
> To be honest I don't give a fig about how the zipfile is created, the
> scripts and executables for Linux should come with the execute
> permission preset.  It is a ridiculous irritation that after unzipping a
> supposed binary distribution, I then have to go and work out which files
> to make executable.  If Windows cannot hack building a proper zipfile
> then a machine with a proper operating system should be used so that the
> zipfile is fit for its purpose.


Of course you're right, and I know it, I've just been lazy. I spent some time on 
google and cannot find a zip program for Windows that enables one to set (or 
even display) the file attributes in zip files. Go figure. So I'll just write 
one using Phobos' std.zip.