Am 2017-11-05 um 16:55 schrieb Mateusz Viste:
On Sun, 05 Nov 2017 16:48:00 +0100, userbeitrag wrote:
What I'm saying is that you might consider allowing additional software,
either in the main distribution, or - which would be even better: to
allow the addition of easy to set-up additional repositories
This has been possible for years already. FDNPKG, the current FreeDOS
packages manager supports multiple repositories. When I developed it, I
had in mind that people might start their own (free, non-free, shareware,
whatever) repositories to complement the official (FOSS only) FreeDOS
repos. So far, I am not aware of anyone having done that. Are you willing
to start your own repository? It won't be included in FreeDOS, but FreeDOS
people will be able to use it by adding a single configuration line to
their setups.
Alternatively, you might also consider submitting (non-free) packages to
svarog386.
Mateusz
Yes, I would be willing. But you wouldn't be happy with me. Let me first
set up the 486 system with FreeDOS, a project I am working on for more
than a year now.
</sarcasm>
The truth is I don't have the time nor the resources. Sorry.
svarog386 is a good idea, but I would prefer to install the official
FreeDOS distro and than add software from something like deb-multimedia
in the Debian world. Again, the keyword is trust.
How I see it, resources are quite limited. If someone was to add a
freeware/shareware/demo repository and is backed by the developers and
the community, the trust part is quite easy to accomplish. People would
submit their wishes or even completed packages, someone would look if
it's okay (no viruses or other harmful code, the original binaries used
etc.) and it would be added to the non-free repository.
This way, everyone would be satisfied. Including those who wish to use
Jacks stuff, as UMBPCI, XMGR and UHDD could be part of this non-free repo.
I know, this is just a theory and I'm not really contributing much at
this time. But believe me, if I use something, I will be part of it. A
small part, but a part. Hopefully this time will start soon. (I'm
talking about my project to finally install FreeDOS alongside DR DOS on
my vintage 486. I might additionally also start using FreeDOS on a P4 I
have sitting around and waiting for something to do...)
BTW, thanks for the package manager! I didn't know who developed what,
but a package manager is a huge leap forward for FreeDOS.
OT: Do you think your package manager could be installed on DR DOS as well?
To all the devs: thanks for your continued effort. FreeDOS is something
worth keeping active, if only as a spare time project.
To the community: thanks for continued activity on the mailing list. I
love to read it.
Cheers,
A.
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