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

[torhu]

On 22.12.2011 20:27, Mirko Pilger wrote:
>>  The ftp is not the fastest one and 7z reduces the size by 40%.
>
> *+1*
>
> on desktop i'm mostly a windows guy and since the days of windows 95 my
> first step after a clean system setup has been always to install a 3rd
> party file archiver utility. i remember it was winzip in the beginning,
> shortly after replaced by winrar. i used those archivers until i
> discovered a file manager (and norton commander clone) named total
> commander which supports most common compression formats. instead of the
> windows explorer i use this piece of software for about a decade now.
>
> i haven't known that windows supports the zip format out of the box
> until i read about it here today!
>
> when i take a look at my "downloads/dev/" folder (which contains mostly
> compressed source code) i see a majority of zip archives, followed by
> tar.gz, bz2 and then 7z.
>
> the rar format was once known as the optimum for compressing multimedia
> files and was and is still used a lot for (illegal) file sharing.
> however rar is starting to become replaced by 7z in the latter use case
> and will be the de facto standard for compressing big files (GB) in the
> near future.
>
> i use 7z myself for backups for a couple of years now and if i have the
> choice i will always download 7z first, in absence look for tgz and
> choose zip always last if there's nothing else available.
>
> yes, i might be old fashioned and i'm pretty aware that both ram and
> disk space is cheap but shouldn't we (developers and engineers) also be
> at the forefront to push and introduce new technologies? isn't this even
> our collective responsibility?
>
> choice is good. let's make as much formats as download available as
> possible and let the user decide. the download statistics might be a
> surprise for some people.
>
> </rant>

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