.zip compression tip for your Tain submissions
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.zip compression tip for your Tain submissions
Use 7-Zip ( http://www.7-zip.org/ ) when compressing your plugin into a .zip archive as it gives better compression than Winzip.
The following shows the optimal settings
A Mac OSX port is available here
http://www.kekaosx.com/en/
Remember, create a standard .zip file: only use the "Deflate" compression method as some applications can't open zips which were compressed using "Deflate64" or "BZip2".
The following shows the optimal settings
A Mac OSX port is available here
http://www.kekaosx.com/en/
Remember, create a standard .zip file: only use the "Deflate" compression method as some applications can't open zips which were compressed using "Deflate64" or "BZip2".
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Remember: ZIPS! Always always do zips. Remember: 7z is BAD FOR BABIES. Zips are good.Eddaweaver wrote:2mb = 7minutes download in dialup, ~1 minute average on broadband.
Around 50%+ are on dialup.
Your theoretical submission downloaded 300 times from The Tain would mean around 20 hours of wasted time downloading the extra 2mb and an extra 600mb+ of bandwidth use.
(Sharps instructions produce zips, but just make sure...).
hell, i couldnt even expand .sit on my brand new mac. It seems stuffit expander is not free anymore. If anyone can proove me wrong I'd appreciate!
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The free version can still be downloaded but they now require your full name and email address.
I think all entries on The Tain in .sit should be recompressed to .zip. Stuffit has become an archaic, inaccessible format and has always been a difficulty to deal with.
http://www2.jsonline.com/news/state/may ... 52000a.asp
I think all entries on The Tain in .sit should be recompressed to .zip. Stuffit has become an archaic, inaccessible format and has always been a difficulty to deal with.
http://www2.jsonline.com/news/state/may ... 52000a.asp
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I recently approved the bushido pack on The Tain and I figured after that it was a .rar, perhaps this one needs rezipping too
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