Re: Install plugin command should allow .zip files

Posted by dscho on
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Install-plugin-command-should-allow-zip-files-tp5007432p5007433.html

Hi Jon,

On Fri, 25 Apr 2014, Jon Harman wrote:

> I have changed the .jar suffix for my plugin to .zip when emailing it
> since many email providers will not accept .jar files.  This works fine
> and is recognized as a plugin by ImageJ.  So the plugin installer should
> recognize .zip.

While it is true that every .jar file is also a .zip file, the converse is
not true.

Therefore, what you ask for would introduce a bug. (That ImageJ recognizes
.zip files as .jar files is a very notable bug, too.)

The correct way to resolve your issue is for the recipients of said mail
to rename the file back.

Ciao,
Johannes

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