.7z as the release format

[ieris19]

Zip format that is de-facto standard for file archives as well as being integrated into every OS, including Windows and Mac straight out of the box. Thus, I wonder why 7z is being used for the release when zip is a much more standard format.

I had a small problem trying to decompress the file because the format isn't standard and my file explorer (Nautilus from Gnome on Linux) wouldn't know what to do with it until I tried the 7z specific tool from the command line.

I wonder if the decision to package as 7z instead of zip has any reasoning or if simply swapping them can improve the experience of downloading this software for a small portion of users)

[profi200]

The .7z format is pretty standard. If you have the p7zip package or whatever it's called on your distro and the archive manager program is configured right it should open these no problem. Windows also got support for 7-Zip via libarchive a good while ago so technically no extra software is required.

I choose this format because it's what i usually use, it's open source/not commercial and it compresses well.