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Use .tar.gz files where available for faster win install #171

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@IanButterworth IanButterworth commented Nov 17, 2023

It currently takes almost a minute to install julia on windows via the .exe installer.
.zip takes ~42 seconds
.tar.gz takes ~12s 馃帀

So let's use .tar.gz which is available all the way back to julia v1, and the exe if not

Closes #64

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@IanButterworth IanButterworth marked this pull request as draft November 17, 2023 04:45
@IanButterworth IanButterworth changed the title use zip files for faster win install Use .tar.gz files where available for faster win install Nov 21, 2023
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Nice!

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Nice indeed!

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I need a review approval to merge.

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KristofferC commented Nov 21, 2023

Ah yeah, that very useful feature.... Also, I'm a pleb so my review is no good.

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Seems it needs to come from someone in the org

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@IanButterworth IanButterworth merged commit 56e1077 into master Nov 21, 2023
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Benchmark if Windows installer or Windows archive is faster to install
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