On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 8:39 PM, Ralf Quint <freedos...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Input? Well, do you really think that people download 281MB ZIP file, > one that also alerts most anti-virus software due to some of it's contents, > without knowing what this is about? > > How's that for "input"? > > Ralf > That input is about par for the course here. Perhaps I was amiss in my assumption that the subject line would explain exactly "what this is about", especially when posted by the person who - according to FreeDOS.org - "has volunteered to put together the new FreeDOS 1.2 distribution". On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 11:56 PM, Louis Santillan <lpsan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > * I don't know if the permissions were set by you or the original zip > files, but they're messed up in several place, at least with respect to > *nix. Some are set to 555. Not sure why execute bit is even set anywhere > at all. > I'm not quite sure there. I made this under Windows, so I would guess it was the original ZIP files which had those bits set? I can fix that if it's an issue * It's large (1.1GB decompressed). > Yeah, I hear you there lol But I don't necessarily see that as a bad thing. The compressed ZIP is under a few hundred megs and the installer should be able to extract only the parts required without ever having to unzip the entire package. * Lots of files/folders are not in 8.3 compliant or could have a different > file name depending on the DOS version used to view the CD > I was operating under the impression that the installer would be LFN compliant. If that's not the case, I can fix the offending file names with no problem. * Is it really necessary to have both the *x.zip (binaries) and & *s.zip > (source) extracted in this tree? > I extracted everything to achieve better compression. The installer should only be extracting what it needs from this package, and could even theoretically extract then ZIP the sources, if the user desired. * I would argue just a list of the packages (in CSV format), and their > attributes (LSM attribute, plus other review criteria, has LICENSE, has > SOURCE, etc.) would have sufficed over producing a large zip file. > Possibly, but I opted to make everything available for you all here to help catch potential errors I may have made. On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 12:42 AM, Antony Gordon <cuzint...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That was a HUGE zip file (once uncompressed). > No kidding! I was honestly surprised there was that much DOS material to choose from. I’m just glad I use a sandbox for stuff like this, that zip file was like a > box of chocolates… > Yeah, I had two false positives (or what I optimistically assume are such) myself. I presume this is due to the low level nature of the programs in question. For example, one was Touch.exe which intentionally alters the date and time stamps of files. This also just happens to be a technique used by viruses. That being said…that much stuff comes on the FreeDOS full CD image? > Not necessarily. I worked off the official software list as posted on FreeDOS.org. Many packages were a part of the original 1.1 release, but lots have been added after that point as well. The *Dev* category is easily the largest, comprising about two thirds (over 600 MB) of the image's overall size. > It kind of reminds me of the old Linux distributions that would ship a > distribution on one CD and then a separate CD that was a snapshot of the > Linux parts of various FTP sites. > I guess when you have almost 700MB to fill, you gotta do something. > I guess so lol On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 12:57 AM, Antony Gordon <cuzint...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What I think would be useful would be an Xcode/Visual Studio type of > environment that includes all of the recommended build tools setup with a > batch file to set paths to have the tools work from any location on the > hard drive. > > This can be used to rebuild the OS or to develop new applications for the > OS. > That sounds useful. If someone wants to make such an animal, I'd be glad to throw it in.
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