Hi Eric, > I would strip DJGPP-on-ISO to the minimal C, maybe C++ infrastructure > (not sure what BN, BS, DB, FQ, FX, GC, GP, MK, OB, RH, TX are, would
>From "FD13LIVE.ISO\PACKAGES\DEVEL\INDEX.LST": djgpp_bn 2.21.1 DJGPP binutils: linker, assembler, etc... 65b9df0a djgpp_bs 2.4.1 DJGPP Bison (a parser generator that is compatible with YACC) ac9be808 djgpp_db 7.5 DJGPP Debugger (GDB) facd0d92 djgpp_fq 2.30 DJGPP FAQ documentation bbb38562 djgpp_fx 2.5.4 DJGPP Flex (fast lexical analyzer generator) eaeafdc3 djgpp_gc 4.71 DJGPP GCC (C compiler) 3d2f4b32 djgpp_gp 4.71 DJGPP GPP (C++ compiler) 4cdae694 djgpp_mk 3.79.1 DJGPP make 64f0fd12 djgpp_ob 4.71 DJGPP Objective-C compiler 2a8503e3 djgpp_rh 1.5 DJGPP RHIDE editor 71ed74d1 djgpp_tx 4.12 DJGPP Texinfo (info file viewer) 261693f1 Not that hard... > TPPATCH is both small and really useful (runtime error fixer for > Borland compiled binaries which crash on too fast CPU, I believe?) But its license is unclear, because so far we didn't find a way to contact the author Andreas Bauer. >> *Emulators:* >> These are basically games. > > Worse, they are infrastructure to run games, lacking the games. > And they are pretty specialized, so I would move them to online. +1 >> *Networking:* >> Feedback is to keep the networking packages. I'm not sure about Gopherus, >> but it's "retro" and not too big (2MB) so I have no problems keeping it. > > That is larger than expected - make Gopherus EXTRA / ONLINE? > >> *to keep:* arachne crynwr curl dillo dwol e1000pkt e100pkt ethtools fdnet >> gopherus htget links lynx m2wat mskermit mtcp newsnuz ntool picosntp >> picotcp ping rsync ssh2dos sshdos vmsmount vncview wattcp wget >> >> *added from Utilities:* terminal > > Hey that reminds me that FileMaven3 offers serial port file transfer :-) > Do we have other "file link" type of in-house computer connector tools? Nothing FLOSS, but some freeware: <https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/board_entry.php?id=13783> >> Programs that I think are no longer needed and should be dropped >> include gifsicle (manipulates GIF images) and Hide In Picture >> (steganography program that hides files inside pictures). > > Correct. As the "maintainer" of the DOS port of Gifsicle: That's okay. >> Also could remove PasswordBox, since a password manager on DOS has >> limited usefulness > > Oh yes. No. Then we could also remove FreeBASIC, because *I* don't use it. Funny note: PasswordBox is written in FreeBASIC. With some changes one could make it his personal secret diary. >> pdTree seems to provide duplicate functionality to Tree in the "Base" > > Not sure. What are the features? I remember liking LCD (from dosemu?) > which is an interactive change directory. pdTree is listed on <http://reimagery.com/fsfd/dirutil.htm>. >> Also drop the utilities (4dos paint2 start) that have license concerns. > > That is disappointing regarding 4DOS. Not sure about PAINT2. Maybe doing a new FLOSS paint program would be an idea for newly joined Aniket. > And start - no idea. Regarding the checksum tools, we could > use a few fresh algorithms for those, beyond MD5, SHA1 etc. > I guess DAA2ISO is useful for some virtual machines? DZEMM > still is only useful for Windows as far as I know :-p 'DAA2ISO is a program for converting the DAA and GBI files ("Direct Access Archive" used by PowerISO and gBurner) to standard ISO.' As the "maintainer" of the DOS port of DAA2ISO: Drop it. Cheers, Robert -- +++ BTTR Software +++ Home page: https://www.bttr-software.de/ DOS ain't dead: https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
