> The idea behind that is the fact that the uncompressed size of the
> "FULL" pack is far too big compared to KEYBOARD.SYS (to EGA.CPI in the
> case of codepages), and maybe not suitable for a FreeDOS bootdisk, when
> one would only need the essential, or for which the layouts on the
> "REDUCED" pack could satisfy most of the users.
>
> In the version 1.00, the uncompressed size of FULL is 233Kb, of the
> REDUCED is 54Kb.
>
IMO, thats a job for the INSTALLer.
On a usual bootdisk, space is often at least as limited as the 640K memory
limit.
so 54K (unneeded) Kb are as bad as 233Kb.
all I need on a boot disk are 1, maybe 2 layouts - thats it.
even on a desktop many GB hard disk, there is absolutely no reason to have
cyrillic keyboard layouts,
turkish fonts/codepages (which are probably larger then kyboard layouts)
LV help messages (unfortunately we don't have many help files yet)
(if you are german like me)
if you are concerned about *distribution* size:
you can 'doublezip' your files, by
1'st pass - store everything into archive using 'UNCOMPRESSED'
2'nd pass - zip this file
then the 'full' distro is smaller then the current 'reduced' distro.
> What is, in your opinion, the most suitable thing to be done?
distribute FULL only - and have a decent language aware installer.
and that's certainly not your job - there are so many other developers
on this list, waiting for some sensible work :-((
tom
> Whenever a new version os xkeyb is to be released, then I would pick the
> most recent version of the REDUCED pack, and merge it with the driver,
> so that the user can use the pack directly, or download in addition the
> FULL if he/she needs it (just as I think it happens with FreeCOM in the
> kernel package).
>
> However, due to some comments that I have picked lately, I am in doubt
> about the best way to link both parts. What is, in your opinion, the
> most suitable thing to be done?
>
> (1) Keep as it is now, and release driver's version merged with latest
> REDUCED pack, FULL to be downloaded optionally.
>
> (2) Do not merge any layout pack with the driver: let the user choose
> either REDUCED or FULL, even if s/he has to download neccessarily at
> least two files .
>
> (3) Create several distributions of the driver: one would be packed with
> the REDUCED (say a bootdisk distribution), and other with the FULL
layout.
>
> Other suggestions/comments welcome.
>
> Aitor
>
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