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

[simendsjo]

On 21.12.2011 11:15, Walter Bright wrote:
> 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.

In addition, some people don't have rights to install new software on 
their system or bring it from home on an USB stick. I don't think 
there's anything wrong in using .zip even if it's larger than .7z.
But it can't be hard to change the deploy script to pack both .zip and 
.7z, and at the same time make archives for specific OSs, right?