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

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 12/21/11 5:45 PM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> On Wednesday, 21 December 2011 at 23:38:22 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> On 12/21/2011 5:22 AM, Robert Clipsham wrote:
>>> There's no excuse for that, there are quite literally hundreds of
>>> sites that
>>> will host packages for you, including github.
>>
>> Hmm, can you explain more about hosting the zip files on github?
>
> 1) Go to a GitHub project
> 2) Open the Downloads tab
> 3) Click "Choose a new file"
> 4) Enter a short description
> 5) Click "Start Upload"
>
> That's all. You can even link directly to GitHub downloads.

1. How do we do that programmatically?

2. Disk usage seems to be at 50% already...


Andrei