Personal rage about sdz

[Forboding Angel]

People who have been here for years should know better than to package things using zip (sdz) instead of 7zip (sd7). Not your fault.


user was warned for this post:

felony #1, felony #2
the files and the howto is/are >5 years old. next time just avoid such a comment, it is not useful and doesn't improve anything.

-- abma

[Forboding Angel]

Abma, sd7 has been a thing for 10 years and IE renaming sdz to zip has been a thing for 10 years. The obvious solution is to use 7zip and do sd7. Back when map downloads were manual, it was a near mortal sin to use sdz as it was the penultimate noobtrap. The fact that so many people use them still to this day is not good.

So, what I said holds true for 5 years ago, and it still holds true for today.

[abma]

i've split the topic.

what is the constructive in your post? there is nothing you suggest what could be done better nor does it convert the existing files to sd7, its just bitching arround.

https://springrts.com/wiki/Felony#2

[Silentwings]

Moved stuff about MIME to viewtopic.php?f=11&t=34486, to join the rest of the discussion.

Locked.