Hello, 2007/12/2, Eric Auer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > put zip files on ibiblio that cannot be included on the FreeDOS > > distribution because they are not free for all... > > You are right. The updater can make use of extra "nonfree" > repositories outside ibiblio, while our ISOs gotta be free.
Following the idea I exposed before, you could even have locally a folder called: C:\FREEDOS\3RDPARTY\... where it would unpackage all that is not packaged on the new structure (in the words before, being a ZIP and not a FPF). > > I don't want to re-zip everything on ibiblio to meet the new pkg > > standard. > > The standard is not new - I only suggest to re-zip everything > which will be part of FreeDOS 1.1, because there is not other > choice. You need zips in fdpkg format for every single package > which will be on the ISO, and we need helpers for that task. I agree. > For the beta9 and 1.0 distros, Bernd and Blair had to do most > of this work themselves, and it is a lot of work because there > are many packages and because quite a few are not already in > fdpkg format when you download them from the developer's page. True. And I even remember that if you made small mistakes about the pkg structure, they would fix that. Aitor ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
