Re: First 4.4.0 release candidate on alpha.gnu.org

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

----- Original Message -----
> From: John W. Eaton 
> To: Tatsuro MATSUOKA 
> Cc: Mike Miller ; Octave Maintainers List 
> Date: 2018/4/13, Fri 01:06
> Subject: Re: First 4.4.0 release candidate on alpha.gnu.org
> 
> On 04/11/2018 10:34 PM, Mike Miller wrote:
>>  On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 21:59:05 -0400, John W. Eaton wrote:
>>>  On 04/11/2018 05:28 PM, Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
>>> 
>>>>  I propose to add 7zip archive one for windows binaries due to much 
> higher compession ability than zip archive.
>>> 
>>>  As an additional option, or to replace the zip archive?
>>> 
>>>  Will this utility work to produce the files?  I need something that 
> runs on
>>>  my Debian build system and that is free software.
>>> 
>>>     https://packages.debian.org/stretch/p7zip
>> 
>>  Either p7zip (includes 7zr) or p7zip-full (includes 7z and 7za).
>> 
>>  https://packages.debian.org/stretch/p7zip-full
>> 
>>  I'm not sure of all the differences but I've had no trouble 
> extracting
>>  7z files using 7z on Debian. I've not yet had the need to create one.
> 
> OK, I ended up trying p7zip.  The installer, 7z, and zip files are on 
> alpha.gnu.org  now.  Let me know if unpacking the 7z file works for you 
> on Windows.
> 
> jwe
With 7zip tool for windows on
https://www.7-zip.org/

I can extract octave-4.3.90-w64.7z and octave works successfully.

Thanks!

Tatsuro










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