Thanks for developing and especially for maintaining and supporting ExifTool over the years.
Sorry if this has been suggested, discussed, and rejected in the past.
I would suggest you consider:
- your file naming convention to use a 'dash' instead of a 'period' for major/minor
- some older utilities may have problems with filenames with dot in the middle
- date-stamp might also be something to consider
- I think there are advantages to distributing an .exe instead of a .zip for Windows. The .exe is barely any larger that a .zip. It makes the OOB (out of box) experience a bit better. I used NSIS for freeware projects, and it can generate .exe's.
- IIRC, it helps some older Windows o/s to have the word "setup" or "install" in the filename
So instead of exiftool-9.69.zip
it might be something like
exiftool-9-69_140727_setup.exe
Thanks for the suggestions. I'll think about this, but it would have to be a very clear benefit for me to change this, because it would change the upgrade procedure (and hence could be an inconvenience) for all existing ExifTool users.
- Phil