Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.3 list of packages

2018-11-07 Thread Steve Nickolas
On Wed, 7 Nov 2018, Rugxulo wrote: (Or maybe we need to finally add full LFN support into the kernel by default?) This is what I'd do, if I could do it. Although I'd see why some people might be averse to the idea. -uso. ___ Freedos-devel

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.3 list of packages

2018-11-07 Thread Rugxulo
Hi again, Jim, Just for completeness On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 9:01 AM Rugxulo wrote: > > Of course, there are many other Invaders clones > (e.g. one ported from QBASIC to XPL0 * http://www.xpl0.org/INVADERS.ZIP " This game is freeware. That is, it's free to use and distribute anywhere you

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.3 list of packages

2018-11-07 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 11:02 AM Joe Forster/STA wrote: > > > doslfn ... not sure if it's free/libre, but it's widely used. Of > > course, there are other alternatives, too, of varying quality (e.g. > > StarLFN). > > There's no able alternative for DOSLFN. > Honestly, I think we can't afford

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.3 list of packages

2018-11-07 Thread Joe Forster/STA
Hi guys, doslfn ... not sure if it's free/libre, but it's widely used. Of course, there are other alternatives, too, of varying quality (e.g. StarLFN). There's no able alternative for DOSLFN. (StarLFN isn't one as it doesn't actually support VFAT, only storing long filenames in a file per

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.3 list of packages

2018-11-07 Thread Rugxulo
Hi again, Jim, On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 7:10 PM Jim Hall wrote: > > And there are these programs that I think should not be included in > FreeDOS 1.3, and I marked those in red. I know we've included some of > these in previous releases, but I don't think the licenses are really > that free or

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.3 list of packages

2018-11-07 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, Jim, On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 6:50 PM Jim Hall wrote: > > I have been working to create a list of packages for FreeDOS 1.3. > > I mentioned back in June (as part of a discussion thread about "Removing > non-free packages") > that I would like FreeDOS 1.3 to be as "open source" as possible. >