On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 9:31 AM Mercury Thirteen via Freedos-devel <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > Logger version 1.00 was released several weeks ago. That > > should have been sufficient time those who are interested > > in it to have a chance to try it out. I feel it is now > > time to pose a few questions and get your opinions on > > a couple things. > > > > Should a package for LOGGER be included on the FreeDOS > > release media? > > Yes.
+1 I agree with Mercury that it's small and useful enough to be included. > > If so, should LOGGER be installed with FULL or BASE? Or, > > possibly just available as an EXTRA? (However, I > > assume it should not automatically be started on an > > installed system. Possibly, having a REM’ed line in > > the FDCONFIG.SYS file.) > > Both. It's small (and useful!) enough to warrant the extra tiny bit > of space used. We've always defined "Base" to mean "the programs and commands that replicate classic MS-DOS." So that means LOGGER should not go into "Base" because LOGGER was not an original MS-DOS program. But putting this in "Full" is fine. > > Should LOGGER be included and possibly started > > automatically when booting the FreeDOS USB or CD release > > media? > > I could see developers opting to install it while most "average" > users would likely forgo this, so I would say no to auto-start. Or, > even better, let the installer leave the choice up to the user. I agree; don't load LOGGER at boot time. This should be something developers or other interested folks can do. Since one use case for LOGGER is to help people debug their systems, I think LOGGER should be something a user can uncomment to activate it. So have it as a REM'd comment. Jim _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
