Hi, > On Dec 21, 2024, at 11:02 AM, Jim Hall via Freedos-devel > <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > >>> So, unless the community wants both an RC and Interim build, I think >>> that updating FreeCOM and the Kernel unstable branches can wait until >>> after FreeDOS 1.4-Final is released. > > No, I think having both would be very confusing. > > That said, I am VERY INTERESTED in seeing a test build of the new > kernel and FreeCOM. We've been hearing about these for a while, but > haven't been able to test them (no versions for us to include in the > monthly test releases). And because we haven't been able to test them, > it would be inappropriate to try to plug them into the FreeDOS 1.4 > cycle at this late stage. As Jerome reminded us, the T2501 monthly > test release will be the FreeDOS 1.4-RC1 release candidate for the > upcoming FreeDOS 1.4 distribution. > > That said, I would very much like to try out the new kernel and > FreeCOM. So if you (Bernd) want to make a build of the new kernel and > FreeCOM, I'll gladly mirror those to the FreeDOS Files Archive at > Ibiblio (labeled clearly as a "test" build, like "2044-test" .. or > whatever the build number is) and announce it on the website. I'll put > a note in the news item that it's for testing, so people would need to > use SYS to try it out on their own. We can include the new kernel and > FreeCOM in the FreeDOS monthly test releases after FreeDOS 1.4 is out, > so we can have plenty of time to test it before we use it in the > distribution after that (probably "FreeDOS 2.0" since it's a new > kernel). >
I should have said… I was also very interested in testing the newer Kernel and FreeCOM builds. :-) It is likely they are much improved over the current official versions and have few or no regression issues. :-) However, I’ll probably just wait until after 1.4 to try them out. _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
