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Compress to '.zip' on macOS.
See original GitHub issue.zip is more familiar as a compressed file extension to macOS users than .tar.gz because it’s used by default in the Finder.
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- Created 5 years ago
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FYI the reason we are using
.tar.gzinstead of.zip/.dmgis because there will need to be some extra work to make them deterministic. This will probably mean overwriting some timestamps or something like that..tar.gzwas just an easy solution for the time-being.Should we work on this halfway step when
.dmgis the most familiar file extension for application bundles for macOS users? If we can achieve deterministics DMGs with docker, I vote that we publish those instead oftar.gz