Re: No more zip file for 4.6?

[Tatsuro M. <tma...@ya...>]

--- On Tue, 2012/2/21, Tait wrote:

> 
> 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?
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 

Hello

Sorry I have corrected the link. 
Perhaps this time is OK.

Can you confirm download?

Regards

Tatsuro