This is a problem with your choice of unzip (Midnight Commander according to the issue) tool, nobody else seems to have this issue. Maybe report an issue to them instead?
Right, as it turns out it was because Midnight Commander doesn't handle the non-standard extension Info-ZIP uses to store the file attributes.
Whether others have this issue, you don't know. And they don't know, which is not surprising given the rude tone they (or you) reacted to my report. Also, I was actually using a pretty popular app to quickly unpack the archive, so it's more like SS14's problem than MC's. Simply because they are bigger and more wide spread. (Not saying that it wouldn't be nice if they improved their ZIP file handling.)
Anyway, tar.gz is without any doubt the most obvious and safest bet if you are targeting unix systems.
Whether others have this issue, you don't know. And they don't know, which is not surprising given the rude tone they (or you) reacted to my report. Also, I was actually using a pretty popular app to quickly unpack the archive, so it's more like SS14's problem than MC's. Simply because they are bigger and more wide spread. (Not saying that it wouldn't be nice if they improved their ZIP file handling.)
Anyway, tar.gz is without any doubt the most obvious and safest bet if you are targeting unix systems.