Ok, I was thinking more along the lines of a file that combines all the fixes, hence the version scheme...
CHKDSK fix, kernel update, couple of other changes...all wrapped up into one file...download and install...now FreeDOS 1.0 is patched up to 1.0.1 (or 1.1).... The newest CD automatically installs FreeDOS 1.1. The patch is an even smaller download than the base CD to make the systems equal. -T ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 1:10 PM Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] Update proposal > Ewwww! I'd rather not go back to "beta9 SP2" etc naming scheme. The > next FreeDOS should _not_ be a "FreeDOS 1.0 SP1". The next FreeDOS is > indeed an incremental improvement with no major changes (i.e. updated > packages, etc) then "FreeDOS 1.1" would be acceptable. A larger jump in > functionality could be "FreeDOS 1.5" .. and if the changes are big > enough, "FreeDOS 2.0". Let's avoid "1.0.1" kind of naming unless it's a > bug-fix release right after the main release of the distro. > > -jh > > > Tony wrote: >> Well, to be like our more refined OS counterpart (MacOS), there was >> typically a 3-6 month update cycle (the longest I remember was 9 >> months)...hence the 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.5.2, 7.5.3, etc.... >> >> Or, we could go the Microsoft route...issue a big patch file that updates >> and fixes based using a patch program (I remember PATCH.EXE being >> included >> at one time with DOS, perhaps that was only a Tandy thing, go >> figure)...thereby offering existing users a download of diffs (so to >> speak) >> that PATCH runs against the affected files thereby bringing them to >> current >> status... >> >> So in effect, FreeDOS 1.0 Build xxxx SP1, etc, etc....and so forth.... >> >> Oh, another thing I thought about, did you ever notice the time on DOS >> files >> (specifically from Microsoft)? >> >> The time after version 4.0 (if I remember correctly) always reflected the >> DOS version. When I was younger, I wondered what idiot was up at 5:00am >> compiling DOS 5.0 and how he managed to compile all those files in 60 >> secs. >> (Thank God for TOUCH.COM)... >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
