[tex-live] Re: [tug-board] Any news of DVDs ?

[Karl Berry]

    comprehensibility of ZIP compression is a strong argument for its
    adoption in preference to BZ2.

You are the first person I can recall who complained about being unable
to use the .bz2 files.  No doubt there are others who simply didn't
report their problems, but, overall, I don't think it's our job to
explain every piece of software involved.  We want to encourage people
to join user groups, after all.