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

[Preben Randhol <randhol+news@pvv.org>]

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?)

As a linux user I constantly get to web-pages that more or less say: Oh
you don't use Internet Explorer, beat it. So it is very tempting to only
release in .tar.gz to get back. However, this is of course not correct.
So release in both .tar.gz and .zip. This is common practise.

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