#12934 closed (wontfix)
Provide *.zip installs in addition to tarballs
| Reported by: | midnightdf | Owned by: | nobody |
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| Component: | Uncategorized | Version: | 1.1 |
| Severity: | Keywords: | installer | |
| Cc: | Triage Stage: | Accepted | |
| Has patch: | no | Needs documentation: | no |
| Needs tests: | no | Patch needs improvement: | no |
| Easy pickings: | no | UI/UX: | no |
Description
*.tar.gz files are not natively supported by Windows like they are for UNIX OSes. You might increase your userbase a bit by providing *.zip installers in addition to tarballs.
Dave
Change History (3)
comment:1 by , 15 years ago
| Component: | User Experience → Uncategorized |
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| milestone: | → 1.2 |
| Owner: | set to |
| Triage Stage: | Unreviewed → Accepted |
comment:2 by , 15 years ago
| Resolution: | → wontfix |
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| Status: | new → closed |
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These days you really should be using
piporeasy_installto install Django. Downloading the source is for people who want more control, and those people should be able to deal with a tarball.