Thanks for the edits. I've updated the wiki page to move "XMGR and FDXMS" from "Need to have" to "Nice to have." I also added the MODE item you mentioned.
I also collected the program updates listed under "Nice to have" into a single item list titled "2. Program updates and bug fixes" so it's clear what these are. For the additions you mentioned: my opinion is that we should draw a straight line from RC4 to "1.3 final." So I'm very wary of adding new programs at this time. You were on the video call on Sunday when I repeated that: "We are trying to draw a 'straight line' between FreeDOS 1.3 RC4 and FreeDOS 1.3. New packages may not be considered for FreeDOS 1.3 at this time, unless consensus on the freedos-devel email list." Unless there's clear consensus that we should *add* new programs to "1.3," I'd prefer to push those new packages to "2.0" And: I've mirrored the INFOPLUS program to Ibiblio under http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/util/system/infoplus/ Jim On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 8:35 PM Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> wrote: > > > Hi again, > > by looking at the more verbose > > > http://wiki.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/Releases/1.3/Issues > > instead of just the mail summary > > > * Need to have: (blocking) > > > > 1. Fixed MBR detection > > 2. Updated packages > > 3. Fixed Codepage and time separator data errors in COUNTRY.SYS > > I noticed that blocking item 2 mentions: > > Include XMGR and FDXMS in the BonusCD, "to give people > alternatives in case of problems with HIMEM or JEMMEX." > > While I appreciate adding XMGR, this is much more of a > "nice to have" than adding UHDD (next to UDVD2 and the > ELTORITO driver) which is not mentioned on the wiki yet > but would be pretty important to have. LBACACHE even is > still in "base" in spite of having been superseded by > UHDD for all practical purposes ages ago, yet UHDD got > tucked away on the bonus CD while it should have been > loaded at boot both by the installer and the installed > default FreeDOS base system as far as I am concerned. > You can keep LBACACHE in "full", where CDRCACHE already > is. That can be used to cache ELTORITO during install, > because UHDD itself only caches UDVD2 and fixed disks. > > > * Nice to have: (not blocking) > > > > 1. Improved language and translation support > > 2. FDAPM ("parse larger ACPI blocks") > > 3. CTMOUSE ("become 8086 compatible") > > 4. NGE NIBBLES ("improve documentation") > > 5. CDROM2 ("add STOP and UPC commands") > > 6. CDRCACHE ("remove messages about raw access") > > 7. The documentation of MODE is outdated, still mentions > disk head parking, lacks CODEPAGE and text mode details. > > Those are nice to have UPDATES, how about all nice to > have ADDITIONS discussed earlier, such as the system > info, media players, image viewers and other categories, > of course only with suitable license? > > For system info, I recommend INFOPLUS 1.58, which is > better than compinfo we include neither yet, while MS > DOS had MSD, so you could even argue that INFOPLUS > should become "base". Same argument for FDSHIELD :-) > > Packages such as XFDISK and FDSHIELD should be moved > to more visible categories, not limited to Bonus CD, > also RDISK. But GCDROM and UIDE can be moved to Bonus, > those should be replaced by UDVD2 and UHDD for "base". > > We already include DOS Navigator and DOSZIP commander > as file managers, might want to advertise that more? > > Same for some smaller, useful compilers/assemblers, > maybe NASM, JWASM, FASM, FBC, FPC, INSIGHT, UPX. OW? > > > * Things that might wait for "FreeDOS 2.0" > > > > 1. More compilers on the Full install (as space permits) > > 2. Replace HTML Help with AMB Help (both will be available in FreeDOS > > 1.3, will switch completely to AMB Help in next release) > > 3. New packages not already included in RC4 > > Would be cool if 386SWAT and DPMIONE could be added > already in 1.3, this and adding HX would in no way > impact other packages, which would justify deferring > addition to 2.0, as long as licenses are fine. > > Regards, Eric > > > INFOPLUS by Andrew Rossmann, last updated in 1993. > > License is public domain. > > > https://ftp.sunet.se/mirror/archive/ftp.sunet.se/pub/simtelnet/msdos/sysinfo/ifp1p158.zip > > (binary) > > > https://ftp.sunet.se/mirror/archive/ftp.sunet.se/pub/simtelnet/msdos/sysinfo/ifp1s158.zip > > (sources) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
