From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ad50e6a11b0a7c8a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-07 00:07:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.teledanmark.no!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Releasing long file anmes in .zip/.tar.gz? Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 08:07:00 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1047024420 17173 129.241.83.78 (7 Mar 2003 08:07:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 08:07:00 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:35012 Date: 2003-03-07T08:07:00+00:00 List-Id: 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. -- () Join the worldwide campaign to protect fundamental human rights. '||} {||' http://www.amnesty.org/