Re: [Freedos-devel] Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0

Hi! Jim has mentioned the possibility of slimming down the release some for 2.0. At present we have the options of BASE, BASE + SOURCES, FULL, FULL + SOURCES durning installation. But with how easy package installation is after the initial install using FDIMPLES, I wonder why bother with

Re: [Freedos-devel] Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0

Activé lun., 28 mars 2022 13:43:58 -0400 Jerome Shidel écrit Linux distress behave the same way. The online repository provides the newest version of the packages. When you select to install something from online, it does not install the old version that would have come with the

Re: [Freedos-devel] Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0

Hi Jim, > On Mar 28, 2022, at 1:40 PM, Jim Hall wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 10:41 AM Paul Dufresne via Freedos-devel > > wrote: >> >>> The branches that receive updates (1.2, 1.3, latest) contain the latest >>> version of the packages that we

Re: [Freedos-devel] Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0

> On Mar 28, 2022, at 11:40 AM, Paul Dufresne via Freedos-devel > wrote: > > The branches that receive updates (1.2, 1.3, latest) contain the latest > version of the packages that we have created. I don’t see a reason to add a > new branch. If we decided to change package file extensions

Re: [Freedos-devel] Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0

On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 10:41 AM Paul Dufresne via Freedos-devel wrote: > >> The branches that receive updates (1.2, 1.3, latest) contain the latest >> version of the packages that we have created. I don’t see a reason >> to add a new branch. If we decided to change package file extensions >>

Re: [Freedos-devel] Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0

If you are thinking about another FreeDOS distro, you may consider inquiring about a 8086 version. IIRC a few people use but it is quite difficult do setup, so a simple image or release can be very helpfull Just a random thought, Alain Em 28/03/2022 12:40, Paul Dufresne via Freedos-devel

Re: [Freedos-devel] Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0

The branches that receive updates (1.2, 1.3, latest) contain the latest version of the packages that we have created. I don’t see a reason to add a new branch. If we decided to change package file extensions (and possibly format), 1.2 and 1.3 would be detached from Latest. And most likely would

Re: [Freedos-devel] Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0

> On Mar 28, 2022, at 10:20 AM, Paul Dufresne via Freedos-devel > wrote: > > Activé lun., 28 mars 2022 08:24:15 -0400 Jerome Shidel > écrit >> But with how easy package installation is after the initial install using >> FDIMPLES, I wonder >> why bother with FULL at all? Why not

Re: [Freedos-devel] Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0

Activé lun., 28 mars 2022 08:24:15 -0400 Jerome Shidel écrit >But with how easy package installation is after the initial install using >FDIMPLES, I wonder > why bother with FULL at all? Why not just install BASE? The user could > install additional packages later For people

Re: [Freedos-devel] Thinking about FreeDOS 2.0

Hi, Back to the FreeDOS 2.0 topic… Jim has mentioned the possibility of slimming down the release some for 2.0. At present we have the options of BASE, BASE + SOURCES, FULL, FULL + SOURCES durning installation. But with how easy package installation is after the initial install using