On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Bart Oldeman <bartolde...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hi, > >>> I have been doing RPM releases to rpmfusion for quite a while. Just >>> because the dosemu site doesn't have anything, maybe there should be a >>> link to there. Here is the F-17 x86_64 package for example: >>> >>> http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/updates/17/x86_64/repoview/dosemu.html >> Good to know, thanks! >> This is more a git snapshots than a releases, >> but it is much better than nothing at all. >> I think with the current rate of development >> we can do with git snapshots just as well: there >> are no sufficient testers to properly test the >> release, and no set goals for the release either. >> So maybe the only thing missing right now is >> to upload the stuff to SF page and call it a release. :) > > I agree that a release is long overdue (I planned 1.4.1 in 2008 but > never got around to it!), and "current git" while a moving target and > "current svn" before that have been almost always stable enough and > better than 1.4.0 to be used by distributions (this is in fact what > they've all been doing now for awhile AFAIK, RPMFusion as above, but > also Ubuntu/Debian, OpenSUSE, Arch Linux, ALT Linux, and Mageia, a > quick google search reveals). > > Just tarring up a git checkout will look a bit odd though, especially > the NEWS file (if there are volunteers who want to check the SF issues > for closed reports and read the git log to update it, it would be most > welcome -- otherwise I'll do it myself when I have more time again). > There's a backlog of SF issues that should be resolved (including also > updating the dosemu-freedos tarball, a lot more runs with FD 1.1 incl. > Windows 3.1) but it's not 100% necessary for a quick release.
I tried to update FD too with my last release, but didn't know how to do it. > Family commitments leave me very little time for DOSEMU these days > though I'll try. Then there is a little thing called a version number: > 1.4.1? 1.6.0? Or just do as Linus and call it 2.0? 2.0 would be my vote, but I agree GIT updates are more important use of time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct _______________________________________________ Dosemu-devel mailing list Dosemu-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dosemu-devel
