Thoughts on forbidding "subfolder inside zip"? about transit HOT 8 CLOSED

We get lots of support requests for exactly this topic in the OpenTripPlanner chat room.

I would welcome the spec being more clear on this.

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I think a simple one liner at this section would be sufficient:

All files must be placed at the root level of the zip file. Zip files with no entries at the root level are invalid.

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I upvote this - many GTFS producers incorrectly assume that simply having a zipped file is sufficient, and will often enclose them using software that malforms the enclosure.

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Mecatran: +1
Not forbidding this also raise the interesting question of what to do with multiple data inside multiple folders, or split in several folders. Forcing files to be at the root would be more convenient. The spec should at least strongly advise to do that.

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I would be even a bit more explicit maybe?

All files must be placed at the root level of the zip file. A zip file with data files contained in a subfolder is considered invalid.

(just an idea)

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In #379 I propose a PR (unsure what the recommended process is, at least this helped me figure out what a good place to state this would be).

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I have opened the votes officially, please ensure your vote is listed in #379 (comment) ! (@leonardehrenfried @evantrillium @laurentg in particular, since you had already "voted" here). Thanks!

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Thanks everyone for the feedback :-)

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