Re: Releasing long file anmes in .zip/.tar.gz?

[porton@ex-code.com (Victor Porton)]

In article <b49m55$1u1kao$1@id-77047.news.dfncis.de>,
	"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:
> Victor Porton wrote:
> 
>> I'm going to release an Ada package (UniParser - a library for creating
>> grammar parsers). Gnat uses long filenames. What is the best solution
>> for release:
>> 
>> I work under Linux. Windows archivers do not accept ZIP files created
>> by Linux "zip" with long filenames (more than 8.3).
>> 
>> Should I:
>> 
>> - Release in .tar.gz (Hey, Windows users, are you all able to
>> extreact?)
> 
> It would work perfectly well for both Linux and Windows. BTW, there is a 
> standard extension for tag+gzip = ".tgz". It is known to WinZip, 
> WinCommander and other Win-stuff.

I was not clear and you misunderstood. I'm not about the archive file
name, but about file names inside the archive.

>> - Use file names shortened to 8.3 (krunching)
>> 
>> - Any other solution?
>