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abbodi1406 / vcredist

AIO Repack for latest Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Runtimes
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Release in .exe instead of .zip #62

Closed neoOpus closed 1 year ago

neoOpus commented 1 year ago

Hi,

Having the release as zip files that doesn't reduce file size is counter productive since it will require decompression (even on fly) which lead to writing the .zip, then the .exe then the files to the SSD which isn't a good way to do it as less writes are better.

Kindly.

abbodi1406 commented 1 year ago

It's not ment for size reduction, and some browsers/AVs don't like exe file #37 #26

neoOpus commented 1 year ago

Yeah I am aware of this, is it possible to have a choice then?

Xyueta commented 1 year ago

It would be good if there was a choice. If someone wants to download the latest release using github api, they should be able to have the exe (without unpacking) in PowerShell command. It would be easier.

i1u5 commented 1 year ago

I'd love to have it uploaded as an executable too, that way it can be used as a one-liner using Powershell, would really be useful.

abbodi1406 commented 1 year ago

https://github.com/abbodi1406/vcredist/releases/latest

Xyueta commented 1 year ago

Thanks for applying this to your releases :). The issue can now be closed.

Also will the release file stay with the same filename: VisualCppRedist_AIO_x86_x64.exe?

abbodi1406 commented 1 year ago

Also will the release file stay with the same filename: VisualCppRedist_AIO_x86_x64.exe?

Yes

neoOpus commented 1 year ago

Thank you for taking my request into consideration, this has made everything simpler and more straight-forward.