Hi Tom,
On 6/2/2025 09:21, tom ehlert via Freedos-devel wrote: >> Since neither of those are made available by FreeDOS, one would have to >> port the code to a distributed compiler (Open Watcom, i16gcc, bcc, ...) >> and write a build script to make FreeDOS self sufficient for building >> this part of itself. And, of course, contribute this patch upstream in >> order to benefit from new releases --- in case the package is being >> maintained elsewhere --- or update the source code repository maintained >> by FreeDOS developers. > > Feel free to contribute this, and similar. How one would go about it? Is there documentation outlining policies and procedures in this regard? >> Are there efforts in this regard? Does the FreeDOS project deem this as >> important? > Definitively NO. There is more important (and interesting) stuff to be done. For instance? > FreeDOS is about open source, not about self-hosted. Please read the > manifesto. Could not find a link to the manifesto. Do you know where is it? Anyway, I think self-hosting is a technical property in alignment with the very purpose of free software. It's a nice feature! In my bare-metal retro endeavors, I'm fond of being able to modify and build any software in place, without resorting to foreign systems. _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
