My two cents on this topic:
Basically unless someone else steps in to help, given the desire to
release a FreeDOS 1.0 soon enough, FreeCom 0.84 and Kernel 2035b will
most likely be what is ready. Where FreeCom 0.84 will simply be FreeCom
cvs as is with the translation issue done, and kernel 2035b will simply
be 2035a + merged stuff (eg country) from the dev kernel. Would I like
more, such as some of the suggested items (eg the int 2E backdoor,
better LFN support, less bugs, ...) yes, but realistically it ain't
going to happen this year.
Alain wrote:
...
I really don't understand why so much effort is put in new and 1.0 stuff
and when I report a BUG in the KERNEL so serious that I had to remove
FreeDOS from a real user machine I didn't even get ONE answer from the list
...
right now there are very few active developers, presently I am the
primary developer for the kernel, sys, FreeCom, cd-driver, tree,
install, etc. (not that all these necessary have seen any public
improvements nor need any) and I have limited time since I work two jobs
(and still try to spend some time with my family & friends).
there are two major reasons for a 1.0 release, a) most of the FreeDOS
utilities are ready enough for an official stable release [distribution,
ie like every other DOS comes] which given all the work done this past
decade or so seems a nice thing to do while people still use DOS, and b)
to maybe gain a few more users/developers since some people will
wait/insist on a proper release (ie not beta software) which will
hopefully help to further improve FreeDOS.
as to your particular bug, I do look at every request that comes in, but
whether I work on a particular issue or not is largely dependent on if I
think I can do it in the time I [at that moment] have available;
although I try to go back and make sure I haven't forgotten anything,
and when I have time I look through bugzilla, I still probably get
100-300+ emails a day (many from various lists such as these, ReactOS,
...) but also some regarding various programs I try to help with (I work
on more than just FreeDOS programs), so its easy for me to loose track
of bug reports only mentioned via email or that don't have enough detail
in a bugzilla bug report. [as I've mentioned several times before, if
you really want me to do something, you need to keep bugging me about it
so it moves high enough on my todo list; though some things I can't do
much about if I lack ability to reproduce]
Jeremy
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