There are no portable (split) distributions of stackexchange ZIMs

[openzim]

There are no portable (split) distributions of stackexchange ZIMs

[kelson42]

@Jaifroid I have started to slowly do not provide portable versions anymore. The reason is that we have now the embedded index which makes an external index useless. On the top of that, we have made a few changes in the ZIM format recently which bring a few problem with the old code to generate the external index. So, we hope to provide soon the first version of Kiwix-desktop 2.0 to allow users to fully enjoy the new ZIM files with embedded indexes. I will update the docs and wiki pages as soon as Kiwix-destkop 2.0 is put online.

[Jaifroid]

@kelson42, this issue was more about splitting very large files (.zimaa, .zimab, etc.) rather than about indexing. If you expect users to split the files themselves, then I would recommend putting a README in the portable folder for Stackexchange (or other empty folders) with an indication of what you say above and how people can split their own files.

[kelson42]

@Jaifroid Why do we need a version with chunks? To support FAT32?

[Jaifroid]

I think FAT32 is the traditional reason, as explained in http://wiki.kiwix.org/wiki/FAQ/en . NB I'm not saying we need it any more if FAT32 has been superseded for thumb drives, etc. I don't really know what the common format is now -- exFAT?

[kelson42]

Yes, exFAT is the future.