> > On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 at 13:18, Paul Dufresne via Freedos-devel > > <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:> > > > > I have open a new issue for possibly package Costa GUI... while I did not > > > test yet: > > > https://gitlab.com/FreeDOS/issue-reporting/-/issues/65 > > > > > > Did someone try it? > > > Could it be worth... still time... to package it for 1.4?
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM Wilhelm Spiegl via Freedos-devel > <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > > As much as I remember I already proposed and Jim and some more said NO! > > I tested it and had mouse problems in virzuslbox. On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 7:11 AM Danilo Pecher via Freedos-devel <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > To be honest, it looks like just another student project cobbled > together while flunking math lessons. I've written at least two of > those in the nineties and soon learned I was going nowhere. To be > frank, we shouldn't try to bloat FreeDOS's software base, and instead > concentrate on software that really adds value. +1 I don't see any replies on the original discussion from 2024, but I think it's safe to assume this one is a hard No. https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/mailman/message/58747170/ Costa GUI is very primitive, not much more than a program launcher. There is no API in Costa for writing 3rd party apps, it's just a program launcher for DOS programs (plus a few minor built-in "apps" like a calculator, text file viewer, and icon editor). As Danilo said, it's a student project. I clicked into the blog and they say they wrote it "when I was first learning to program, from 2001-2004." Good for them tackling a big programming project like this -- but writing something doesn't mean we include it in FreeDOS. This one is a hard No. _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
