Very interesting, thanks for sharing these. I missed some of these (others were already news items on the freedos.org website).
On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM Fritz Mueller via Freedos-devel <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > New version updates, it is up to you to decide if it should be in RC2 > (or at least downloadable via fdnpkg) > > 7zdec: 24.09, https://github.com/dajhorn/retro7zip/releases/ (see below) Yes, I think this should get updated for RC2. It's a version update by the maintainer. The package info from 7zdec 24.08+1 (in RC1) is here: https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/1.4/pkg-html/7zdec.html 7-Zip 24.09+2 for DOS includes a DOS binary plus source code: https://github.com/dajhorn/retro7zip/releases/tag/24.09%2B2_dos > > amb: 2025-01-10, https://ambook.sourceforge.net/ Yes, this should be updated in RC2. Again, a program that's already included in RC1 (and other versions), updated by the maintainer. The package info for 20240131 (in RC1) is here: https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/1.4/pkg-html/ambread.html AMB 20240110 includes a DOS binary plus source code: https://ambook.sourceforge.net/ > > Jemm: 5.85, https://github.com/Baron-von-Riedesel/Jemm/releases/tag/v5.85 Yes, this should get updated in RC2. JEMM is a pretty important program, it's included in RC1 (and other versions) and updated by the maintainer. The package info for 5.84 (in RC1) is here: https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/1.4/pkg-html/jemm.html Jemm 5.85 includes the DOS binary plus source code, here: https://github.com/Baron-von-Riedesel/Jemm/releases/tag/v5.85 > > JWASM: 2.19pre2, https://github.com/Baron-von-Riedesel/JWasm/releases This one is a pre-release, which suggests that it is not ready for prime-time. I don't think this one should be included in RC2. We already include the previous version (JWasm 2.18) in RC1: https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/1.4/pkg-html/jwasm.html > > pmode/w: 1.33 http://www.sid6581.net/pmodew/ (see other article) For those who don't know what PMODE/W does: PMODE/W is a DOS extender for use with the Watcom C/C++ compiler. We don't include this in RC1 already, and I'm not sure if this is the right time to include a new program in RC2 at the last minute. I'd prefer we not include this in RC2 (which means do not include it in the FreeDOS 1.4 distribution) and consider adding this to the monthly test releases after FreeDOS 1.4. > > svarcom (2025.0) http://svardos.org/svarcom/ For those who don't know SvarCOM: "SvarCOM is the SvarDOS command line interpreter, known usually under the name COMMAND.COM [..] SvarCOM is minimalist and I'd like to keep it that way. It aims to be functionally equivalent to COMMAND.COM from MS-DOS 5.x/6.x. No LFN support." We don't include SvarCOM in RC1 already. And as cool as SvarCOM might be, I don't think we should include a new program in RC2 at the last minute. Can we "table" this one until after FreeDOS 1.4? > > tree (SvarDOS version), 2024-11-20, http://svardos.org/?p=repo I think I need more info on this one. We already include TREE 3.7.3 in Base, and PDTREE 1.02-1a in Util. Does SvarDOS TREE have features that aren't in the other two TREE programs? Why include a third TREE program? > > more (SvarDOS version), 2024.0, http://www.svardos.org/?p=repo > (there are some more new/updated SvarDOS files) This needs more info too. We already include MORE 4.3a in Base, in RC1. Does SvarDOS MORE do something that MORE 4.3a does not? Jim _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
