Hi Jesse, Centralized documentation makes sense, but why would you put 100 packages in a centralized source code repository if 95 of them have not a single source code change in a whole year?
And why do nightly builds of all 100 then? DOS heavily relies on classic software that simply is okay as it is and that no longer changes :-) As mentioned in the thread, there already is a considerable number of text and graphical web browsers. It probably is better to improve one of those instead of writing yet another browser. I agree that it is good to have a wishlist for shareware software that we would like to become free open source. Maybe the list could be done in wiki style? In general, if the hardware common for virtual machines is among the hardware for which there are drivers, there is no need to have separate development for virtualization and installation. We do already have a few VM-specific tools which are available :-) And there could be a download of a pre-installed VM, in case installation from ISO takes too much effort ;-) IPv6 is widely available already but is rarely required so I agree that DOS is not in a hurry. Regarding GPT, that is something that only needs some reasonably small amount of kernel code to support in passive scenarios. Having FDISK with GPT would be way more code, I guess. Most other tools never look at a partition table, so for them, this is not relevant. FileMaven basically does the LapLink thing, but it is closed source. It would be nice to have something open. On computers with network (LAN), it is better to use existing FTP, SCP, SMB or HTTP tools to copy files around. And there is a tool to copy files between VM and hypervisor. As mentioned elsewhere in this thread, there already are quite a few network drivers for DOS, but almost none for wireless network. Note that even if you do support the card, security protocols would still need a (often very complex) driver as well. Actually I agree with Mateusz: Better use a cheap portable and versatile access point with LAN between AP and DOS, so all the wireless complexity can be done by a small AP. There already is a FreeDOS repository of pre- packaged pre-compiled software that can be installed, both from file and over the network. Mateusz would be happy if you can help him to update and extend the contents. That repository also contains pre-packaged ZIPs with package sources. Remember that 95 out of 100 DOS tools do NOT get updated, so the sources are static and it works just fine to offer a ZIP with them for download. Cheers, Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
