GNU bug report logs - #25538
uncompressed gzip releases please

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From: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
To: bug-gzip <at> gnu.org
Subject: uncompressed gzip releases please
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 22:34:43 GMT

Please make gzip releases in some non-gzip/xz/lzip/bzip form, that is,
uncompressed or .zip.

I and a colleague just had to waste time explaining to a user how to
download an old version available as .tar, compile it, and then use that
to install the new version.  (No, evidently he had no binary. Whatever ...)

It costs nothing to make the releases available in another format than
.tar.*z, so ... ok? .zip would probably be best, to placate the
Windows world, but anything would be better than nothing.  --thanks, karl.

Message #8 received at 25538 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jason Leschnik <jason <at> leschnik.me>
To: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
Cc: 25538 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25538: uncompressed gzip releases please
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 10:04:04 +1100

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The user didn't have the ability to install 7zip?

On 26 Jan 2017 9:35 AM, "Karl Berry" <karl <at> freefriends.org> wrote:

> Please make gzip releases in some non-gzip/xz/lzip/bzip form, that is,
> uncompressed or .zip.
>
> I and a colleague just had to waste time explaining to a user how to
> download an old version available as .tar, compile it, and then use that
> to install the new version.  (No, evidently he had no binary. Whatever ...)
>
> It costs nothing to make the releases available in another format than
> .tar.*z, so ... ok? .zip would probably be best, to placate the
> Windows world, but anything would be better than nothing.  --thanks, karl.
>
>
>
>

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Message #11 received at 25538 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org>
To: karl <at> freefriends.org
Cc: 25538 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jason <at> leschnik.me
Subject: Re: bug#25538: uncompressed gzip releases please
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 23:59:22 -0400

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On 26 Jan 2017 10:04, Jason Leschnik wrote:
> On 26 Jan 2017 9:35 AM, "Karl Berry" <karl <at> freefriends.org> wrote:
> > Please make gzip releases in some non-gzip/xz/lzip/bzip form, that is,
> > uncompressed or .zip.
> 
> The user didn't have the ability to install 7zip?

or a precompiled version of gzip that people have made available for Windows.
or proprietary winzip or winrar.  or any of the methods documented already:
	http://www.gzip.org/#sources

if you just want to read the source, then browse it online:
	http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gzip.git
-mike

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Message #16 received at 25538-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
Cc: 25538-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25538: uncompressed gzip releases please
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 09:40:01 -0700

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On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 2:34 PM, Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org> wrote:
> Please make gzip releases in some non-gzip/xz/lzip/bzip form, that is,
> uncompressed or .zip.
>
> I and a colleague just had to waste time explaining to a user how to
> download an old version available as .tar, compile it, and then use that
> to install the new version.  (No, evidently he had no binary. Whatever ...)
>
> It costs nothing to make the releases available in another format than
> .tar.*z, so ... ok? .zip would probably be best, to placate the
> Windows world, but anything would be better than nothing.  --thanks, karl.

Hi Karl,
It's a simple change that is likely to help more than a few, so here's
the diff I'll soon push:

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