Hi, After reading your reply, I think I may need to clarify what is meant by the repository ISO.
The ISO files to which I am referring are created anytime there is an update to any package. They are the latest versions of the packages. There is a 1.4 repo DVD ISO that has all of the “Stable” package updates since the FreeDOS 1.4 Release. Also, there is a Latest repo DVD ISO that contains the most recent “Stable” and “Unstable” versions of packages. This ISO images are not the FreeDOS Release ISO and disk images. These contain the same and updated packages to the OS. I’m not sure if most users are even aware that these other ISO images even exist. > On Jun 23, 2025, at 12:55 AM, tsiegel--- via Freedos-user > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > In answer to the question of whether you need to continue providing iso > images in the archive, For what it's worth, my opinion is: yes, absolutely, > and here's why. > > 99 percent of the time, when someone comes to the dos archive to grab a dos > distro, they're downloading the iso image. Why? because it's simple, > convenient, and quick. Folks see the ISO image, and download the image, > thereupon obtaining everything there is to obtain for that particular release > in one fell swoop with no fuss, and no muss. The image is ready for use, > either for burning onto physical media, or by mounting under your os of > choice, with everything wrapped up in a single easy to use package without > having to do a thing to make it happen. > > It doesn't get any simpler than that. > > If you want folks to try and/or use dos, you need to make it easy for them to > do so, and the ISO images do exactly that. > > I personally think dropping them from the archives would be doing the project > and the future users a grave disservice. > > Of course, that's just the opinion of a single user, and you are of course > free to do as you wish, but I'd wager that if you do drop them, you'll be > fielding multiple questions a month from new users asking why there isn't an > image available for download. > > Sometimes, the latest version isn't what the users want/need, and having the > version they do want/need in a format that is simple and easy to operate > on/with is just the thing. > > ISO images are the first thing I look for when downloading new operating > systems I want to try, and I'm sure it's similar for plenty of others. > > >> On 6/22/2025 9:14 PM, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user wrote: >> Earlier today FDRepo was deployed to the Official Download and Update >> Repositories on IBIBLIO. >> >> https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/ >> >> That transition has gone very well. But, there are a few more things to work >> out. >> >> For many years (and prior to me managing the repos), the repositories have >> provided an ISO image that >> contains the latest version of the packages in that repository. FDRepo is >> currently configured to only provide >> an ISO for the 1.4 and latest repositories. Those ISO images are very large >> and obviously require a large amount >> of bandwidth to provide. >> >> To me, it seems like a big waste of resources. Resources we are graciously >> provided for free. >> >> Do we really need to keep supplying them? >> >> Thank you for your thoughts on this. >> >> :-) >> >> Jerome >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
