[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by Revan

I don't mind zipping up hacks, even if it's only 1 file. When dloading a hack, however, unzipping 1 file is hassle.
I'd prefer it if you could allow an un-zipped hack to be released if it only contained 1 file (install instructions included).

I understand what you mean, although i don't agree in every situation.

What i do myself for a hack is adding the version number to the zipped name, while the hackfile itself stay with one name. Example:

My Hack v1.00.zip
-->myhack.php

My Hack v1.01.zip
-->myhack.php

This makes it easier to keep multiple versions, without changing the file names.

Also you can put in the directory structure if you are using zip-files. I see a lot less mistakes if you zip your files relative to the forumhome directory, then to instruct to upload to a specific directory.

The above are all arguments that have been used in our discussion before we started the zip-file request.

In the end we are trying to improve things, and if something doesn't work out as we expected, we can always review it, and make adjustments, or turn things back.