> gzip is easier than installing LyX anyway.) > Any distro that package LyX can simply add a dependency in their > package management system.
Then we also need tar. > I believe zip is more common on windows, but you can't depend > on it being present there. A unix machine doesn't necessarily have zip. You are right. > If a minimal amount of stuff to distribute is a goal, then gzip/zlib > seems the > way to go: It is likely there on unix, and on windows you have to > distribute software no matter what compression you choose. lyx already requires zlib, what I am adding is an implementation of zip/unzip capacity using zlib. > Supporting both is also an option - depending on what > compression sw the user have. Of course we don't need more > than one compression scheme for LyX own sake. So this > would be for those who find it useful to occationally unpack > a compressed LyX file manually. That is too complicated, because handling tar is really troublesome under windows. Bo
