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Re: No more zip file for 4.6?
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From: Tait <gnu...@t4...> - 2012-02-21 09:46:25
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It's taken me a while to get back to this. The zip file from your link appears to be dead. > Hello > > I have prepared zip style distribution. > > http://www.tatsuromatsuoka.com/gnuplot/Eng/gp46/ > > Regards > > Tatsuro > > > --- On Fri, 2012/2/17, Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote: > > > Hello > > > > > > gp46rc1-win32-setup.exe is an installer. You can install gnuplot to any directory in which you would like to place gnuplot. > > > > > > BTW, there are need to old zip style distribution, it could be additional distribution style. > > > I would like to also prepare zip style distribution for Windows binary. > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Tatsuro > > > > > > > > > --- On Fri, 2012/2/17, Tait wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I went to try out 4.6rc today, but the only binary file available is a > > > > *.exe. What happened to the *.zip file (which I prefer)? > > > > > > > > Downloading an executable means the user must run it blindly. A zip file > > > > has the advantage that it is data, not an executable. A trusted unzip > > > > program can interpret and open the zip file, at least giving the user the > > > > chance to inspect the contents before executing code. For a program like > > > > gnuplot that doesn't actually need to execute code to install, this is > > > > unnecessary. I know "nobody" verifies MD5/SHA/signatures, but we don't > > > > provide any chance for verification, and given SourceForge compromises > > > > in the past, this makes me uncomfortable. > > > > > > > > Second, the executable can't even be used unless the user is (logged in > > > > as) an administrator, which is also unnecessary and risky. Users who are > > > > not administrators can't even reasonably use gnuplot on Windows anymore. > > > > (I don't think expecting them to compile it from source, with all the > > > > dependencies, is reasonable.) > > > > > > > > Can we bring the zip file back, at least as an additional download option, > > > > please? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > > > > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > > > > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > > > > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > gnuplot-beta mailing list > > > > gnu...@li... > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuplot-beta > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > > > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > > > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > > > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gnuplot-beta mailing list > > > gnu...@li... > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuplot-beta > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > > _______________________________________________ > > gnuplot-beta mailing list > > gnu...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuplot-beta > > |
