[TYPO3-core] i missed the dummy package

[Markus Klein]

Hi,

by reading your mail Ralf, I realized that there not a single hint on http://typo3.org/download/packages/ telling what the difference is between zip and tar.gz.
Maybe somebody can add this tiny bit of information there?

Kind regards
Markus

> -----Original Message-----
> From: typo3-team-core-bounces at lists.typo3.org [mailto:typo3-team-core-
> bounces at lists.typo3.org] On Behalf Of Ralf-Rene Schröder
> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:09 AM
> To: typo3-team-core at lists.typo3.org
> Subject: Re: [TYPO3-core] i missed the dummy package
> 
> Am 05.07.2011 20:40, schrieb Jigal van Hemert:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 5-7-2011 18:13, Ralf-Rene Schröder wrote:
> >> just today i realized that the dummy-package isn't availible anymore
> >> i missed it realy, because with this it was easy to setup a symlink
> >> installation with a simple script
> >
> > There are several packages available which seem to me to cover the
> > entire range:
> > - Introduction Package: symlinked (tar.gz) and without symlinks (zip)
> > (TYPO3 4.5 and later)
> > - Source: tar.gz and zip (only typo3_src.x.x.8 directory)
> > - Blank Package: symlinked (tar.gz) and without symlinks (zip)
> 
> Thanks... that is what i need, i havn't realized that the tar.gz is symlinked in
> the past i always do it myself with a litle script
> 
> 
> 
> >> sure i can extract the dummy myself
> >> but in the past i can give away the install script and the user could be
> >> sure that all downloaded material comes direct from the TYPO3
> Homepage...
> >> another way is to use an old dummy, but "using 4.5 source withe a 4.3
> >> dummy" this isn't looking very good for the users
> >
> > Source + dummy = Blank Package, so why do you need the Dummy
> actually?
> >
> > If there is a good use case for it, the release managers might be
> > convinced to recreate it.
> >
> 
> see above... sorry, the only use is  to get a symlinked installation
> and i don't realized the difference between zip and tar.gz
> with this information all works for me (i only have to change my old
> install scripts)
> 
> René
> 
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