Could we use something better than zip for the dmd package?

Walter Bright newshound2 at digitalmars.com
Wed Dec 21 02:15:05 PST 2011


On 12/21/2011 1:31 AM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> I thought the installers were for newbies. 7z is supported by 7zip,
> winrar, and even winzip.
>
> I really don't see how someone can be smart enough to use a systems
> programming language but not have a clue how to download an archiver.
> Even average people hate the default zip functionality of Windows and
> they install 7zip/winrar/etc.

Because it's annoying.

The idea should be to have as few steps as possible to install. Searching the 
intarnets for a 7z decoder, wondering if the one you're downloading is a virus, 
etc., is annoying.


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