Wordpress 4.7 zip file unzips to folder called "wordpress 3"

[pnoeric]

1. I downloaded Wordpress 4.7 zip file from ​https://wordpress.org/download/

2. A zip file called "wordpress-4.7.zip" was downloaded to my hard drive

3. When I unzipped the file, it produced a folder called "wordpress 3" (I expected "wordpress 4.7" or at least "wordpress 4")

FWIW it is WP 4.7 in the folder, it's just the folder name that is wrong.

[netweb]

@pnoeric Welcome to Trac, when I unzip it here locally it unzips to a folder named wordpress

If you already had folders named "wordpress" or "wordpress 1" and "wordpress 2" then I would expect that "wordpress 3" would be created, if you try to unzip the file again I expect it will unzip to "wordpress 4", and if you unzipped it again "wordpress 5"

[pnoeric]

Ah yes. I’m a dope, that's what's going on. Please ignore ;-)

[netweb]

It's all good, better to be safe than sorry ;)

[engelen]

So... I would argue that this might be a valid ticket nonetheless. When extracting the folder "wordpress-4.7.zip", I also expect the resulting folder to be "wordpress-4.7", and not simply "wordpress". As many of us tend to downloads WordPress multiple times through the years and have a single "Downloads" folder, this tends to get clotted. For instance, when I need to test something with a previous version of WordPress, I always download it again — just to be sure.

Even without these reasons: in my opinion, it makes sense that an archive called "wordpress-4.7.zip" extracts to "wordpress-4.7". I'm interested in hearing more opinions on this. The only related topic on this I could find is ​https://wordpress.org/ideas/topic/remove-wordpress-folder-inside-zip-file.

[pnoeric]

FWIW obviously @engelen's suggestion would have prevented the issue that caused me to file this bug in the first place, so I'm in favor. :-) But really, I think his point about most people having a single "Downloads" folder, which gets filled with cruft quickly, is the heart of the matter. I also always download a fresh WP installer when I need one because who knows what versions of wordpress I've got floating in there (all in folders with the same generic name, "wordpress").

Changing the download folder name to include the version number does nothing but improve clarity. If it isn't onerous to implement on the admin side of things (i.e. preparing the download), I can't imagine why it would be a bad idea.

[Otto42]

No, the WordPress ZIP itself contains a single folder called "wordpress" and it always has. The reason for this has to do with naming conventions for linux and other unix based software. The software is named "WordPress", not "WordPress-4.7". In the future, we hope to do away with version numbers entirely.

Nevertheless, if a change to this naming system is desired, then this really is a ticket for core trac, not for meta trac. Meta trac is about the WordPress.org website and changes to it, not to the core software, or to the conventions inherent to the ZIP file system.

[Otto42]

Replying to pnoeric:

If it isn't onerous to implement on the admin side of things (i.e. preparing the download), I can't imagine why it would be a bad idea.

Just a note: Many auto-installer systems exist which expect things to remain pretty much the same in layout from version to version. Having a changing folder name would likely break many of those installers.