Re: [Lzip-bug] [PATCH] lzip on Windows

[JonY]

On 10/14/2009 00:35, Antonio Diaz Diaz wrote:
> JonY wrote:
> > I'll try to maintain and submit patches against future released
> > versions to this list.
> >
> > In the mean time, you can point anybody wanting a native win32 build
> > to the 2 attached patches via the mailing list archive.
>
> Thanks for the patches, but perhaps we could do something more useful
> for windows users. Could you make a complete, patched source package and
> a binary package of lzip-1.8? (Packages should be in the preferred
> format for distributing windows software, I guess).

Hi,

Zip files are plentiful enough that most Windows users should know how 
to deal with it.

With many archive managers floating around (none of them know of lzip 
yet) on the Internet, tar.bz2 files are fine too, considering the 
audience of lzip.

> If you make them and send them to my private address, I'll distribute
> them along with the original source and will include a link from lzip's
> home page giving you credit.

OK, sent.

> Given that lzip is mature, only bug fixes and (small) performance
> improvements are expected in future releases. So your packages can
> remain useful for a long time.

Maintaining the Win32 port shouldn't be too hard I guess.

Thanks.