Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

Resurrecting this bit of discussion from June, as I get caught up on list matters. :-) > On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, Mercury Thirteen wrote: > >> I'm still reviewing the packages to ensure they're all open source >> compliant. >> >> What are we considering acceptable in this regard? Are we going only wit

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

Since it's not directly executable and the rest of the platform is 16-bit, I suppose there's no need for it to be included as well. -- Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based ne

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

Hi, On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 1:28 PM, Mercury Thirteen wrote: > On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 6:03 AM, Thomas Mueller wrote: >> >> Is WATT-32 not included in the upcoming FreeDOS 1.2? Or is some part of >> WATT-32 (watt-32.net) not open-source? > > Wow, I forgot all about WATT-32. Actually, since it w

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 6:03 AM, Thomas Mueller wrote: > ... > > Is WATT-32 not included in the upcoming FreeDOS 1.2? Or is some part of > WATT-32 (watt-32.net) not open-source? > > ... > Wow, I forgot all about WATT-32. Actually, since it was the official FreeDOS.org software list that I was w

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > ... > > * CuteMouse needs fixing to avoid closed-source COM2EXE (already done > locally, but no response from maintainer) > * Jemm386 needs to remove JLOAD and similar closed-source pieces (no > maintainer) > * UIDE and XMGR from 2011? eh?? if we'

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

I too would like to be able to install FreeDOS from a USB stick or from iso image that could be booted from Syslinux, Grub4DOS or GRUB2. I would likely install FreeDOS to USB stick. I don't know yet how FreeDOS 1.2 will boot; Syslinux has the advantage of being usable to boot other images/parti

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

Hi, On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 2:07 PM, Mercury Thirteen wrote: > > Attached is the list of everything in the new distro. [list.txt , 4 kb] Just a quick look (at your list only, not the actual .ZIP) with a few quick comments: * CuteMouse needs fixing to avoid closed-source COM2EXE (already done lo

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

Hi again, On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > > On Jun 24, 2015 1:27 PM, "Mercury Thirteen" wrote: >> >> Yes, I had found that but I was looking specifically for code >> to version 2.09c. I suppose this may do, though, thank you. > > It's the exact same source code, only a recompil

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

Hi, On Jun 24, 2015 1:27 PM, "Mercury Thirteen" wrote: > > Yes, I had found that but I was looking specifically for code > to version 2.09c. I suppose this may do, though, thank you. It's the exact same source code, only a recompile was done (AFAIK). -

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

Attached is the list of everything in the new distro. Package NameVersion [Base] Append 5.0-0.6 Apropos (Part of FastHelp suite)1.1 Assign

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

Yeah.It does. On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Mercury Thirteen wrote: > That would be up to Jim to include in his installer. Sounds like a good > feature to have if possible. > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 2:48 PM, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU < > jcharbonnea...@cpsge.org> wrote: > >> Should we make FreeDO

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

That would be up to Jim to include in his installer. Sounds like a good feature to have if possible. On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 2:48 PM, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU < jcharbonnea...@cpsge.org> wrote: > Should we make FreeDOS able to install from a usb?It seems hardwired to > install from the CD.Perhaps this

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

Ah, ok. Maybe I was expecting to see "copyleft" lol On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Ralf Quint wrote: > On 6/24/2015 11:07 AM, Mercury Thirteen wrote: > > Also, also (lol) I am not finding any source for SRDisk. FreeDOS.org > > lists it as GPL, its own documentation lists it as copyrighted. > >

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

Should we make FreeDOS able to install from a usb?It seems hardwired to install from the CD.Perhaps this should be an added update to the 1.2 CD. On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Ralf Quint wrote: > On 6/24/2015 11:07 AM, Mercury Thirteen wrote: > > Also, also (lol) I am not finding any source

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

On 6/24/2015 11:07 AM, Mercury Thirteen wrote: > Also, also (lol) I am not finding any source for SRDisk. FreeDOS.org > lists it as GPL, its own documentation lists it as copyrighted. > Perhaps the initial version was GPL and it later forked over to an > author-copyrighted license? Not sure, but

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

Yes, I had found that but I was looking specifically for code to version 2.09c. I suppose this may do, though, thank you. On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 2:18 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Mercury Thirteen > wrote: > > > > Also, also (lol) I am not finding any source for

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

Hi, On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Mercury Thirteen wrote: > > Also, also (lol) I am not finding any source for SRDisk. FreeDOS.org lists > it as GPL, its own documentation lists it as copyrighted. Perhaps the > initial version was GPL and it later forked over to an author-copyrighted > license

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

Also, also (lol) I am not finding any source for SRDisk. FreeDOS.org lists it as GPL, its own documentation lists it as copyrighted. Perhaps the initial version was GPL and it later forked over to an author-copyrighted license? Not sure, but I'm inclined to remove it altogether. Any thoughts/comme

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

Okay, that's the way I will proceed. Also, I am removing Necromancer's DOS Navigator due to being closed-source. -- Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management s

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

from Mercury Thirteen: > Yes, they should be. I think they are all mostly the same as the GPL, but > I'm not certain. For the time being, I'll just remove the closed source > packages and leave all the public domain and source-freely-available > programs. If there's an issue, I can always pull mor

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

Yes, they should be. I think they are all mostly the same as the GPL, but I'm not certain. For the time being, I'll just remove the closed source packages and leave all the public domain and source-freely-available programs. If there's an issue, I can always pull more stuff out later on. On Tue, J

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, Mercury Thirteen wrote: > I guess I didn't scroll up enough to read your reply! Sorry about that, and > thanks for the input. :) > > So, you're saying we should only use 100% GPL software, yes? > > I can easily go through and pull the affected packages; I really don't > think

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

I guess I didn't scroll up enough to read your reply! Sorry about that, and thanks for the input. :) So, you're saying we should only use 100% GPL software, yes? I can easily go through and pull the affected packages; I really don't think there are that many remaining, so going with GPL-only prog

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

I would tend to agree; GPL / public domain / source-code-free-and-available-at-no-cost options are all viable in my mind, but I want to 1) make sure I perform this task to the standards of the project's leader and the community to which I have volunteered and 2) avoid a potential user out there thi

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, Mercury Thirteen wrote: > I'm still reviewing the packages to ensure they're all open source > compliant. > > What are we considering acceptable in this regard? Are we going only with > software which has been made available under one of the GNU licenses > exclusively? Obvious

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

Hi, On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Mercury Thirteen wrote: > > I'm still reviewing the packages to ensure they're all open source > compliant. > > What are we considering acceptable in this regard? Are we going only with > software which has been made available under one of the GNU licenses > e

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

I'm still reviewing the packages to ensure they're all open source compliant. What are we considering acceptable in this regard? Are we going only with software which has been made available under one of the GNU licenses exclusively? Obviously programs which are free but have no source available s

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

Hmm I am sorry for late reply!! I will check it out~ -- View this message in context: http://freedos.10956.n7.nabble.com/FreeDOS-1-2-package-compilation-tp22618p22903.html Sent from the FreeDOS - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

I personally think it is great! -- View this message in context: http://freedos.10956.n7.nabble.com/FreeDOS-1-2-package-compilation-tp22618p22904.html Sent from the FreeDOS - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

Perhaps it should take a cue from the MSDOS installer - prepare the drive and copy over there core OS. Then at the end of the core install, prompt for the additional stuff On Sun, Jun 21, 2015, 12:47 PM JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU wrote: > The installer.We should add a more...'friendly' interface to it.M

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

The installer.We should add a more...'friendly' interface to it.Mostof the installer is a bunch of keypresses and text on the screen after you select the packages to install.(I myself often forget which keys to press). On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 2:07 PM, Mercury Thirteen wrote: > I'm removing the P

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

I'm removing the Pegasus mail app due to it being closed source. -- ___ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

I'm already on it, that was just my quick in-the-middle-of-work way of saying I'll have to post that later on. On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Eric Auer wrote: > > Hi Mercury, > > > That list doesn't contain version information; doing so will require more > > time. > > Please invest that time:

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

Hi Mercury, > That list doesn't contain version information; doing so will require more > time. Please invest that time: Having version information will make it easier to know if you have the newest version for both installing packages and for updating the collection. Regards, Eric >> Fleshed

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

That list doesn't contain version information; doing so will require more time. On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Mercury Thirteen wrote: > On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Mateusz Viste wrote: > >> On 18/06/2015 15:02, Mercury Thirteen wrote: >> > No, it's not all that different, just fleshed o

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Mateusz Viste wrote: > On 18/06/2015 15:02, Mercury Thirteen wrote: > > No, it's not all that different, just fleshed out and more complete. > > What do you mean by 'fleshed out'? And more complete how? > Fleshed out and more complete in that I went through every

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

On 18/06/2015 15:02, Mercury Thirteen wrote: > No, it's not all that different, just fleshed out and more complete. What do you mean by 'fleshed out'? And more complete how? Could you please provide some list of packages+version from your distro, so I could compare with what's in FDNPKG? If ther

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 2:02 AM, Mateusz Viste wrote: > Just wondering, is this packaged archive that much different of what we > have already under FDNPKG repositories? > > > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.1/repos/ > No, it's not all that different, just

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

Just wondering, is this packaged archive that much different of what we have already under FDNPKG repositories? http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.1/repos/ It also comes with a bootable CD ISO. I am under the impression that the "only" thing needed for a 1.2

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

On 6/2/2015 7:39 PM, Louis Santillan wrote: > I'm not of this effort, but, Ralf, what are you using to scan for > viruses? > Got the alert from Avast here on my Windows 8.1 laptop, got the same warning for AVG and Norton on two customer PCs. Ended up downloading it with AV disabled in a sandbox.

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 8:39 PM, Ralf Quint wrote: > > Input? Well, do you really think that people download 281MB ZIP file, > one that also alerts most anti-virus software due to some of it's contents, > without knowing what this is about? > > How's that for "input"? > > Ralf > That input is a

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

What I think would be useful would be an Xcode/Visual Studio type of environment that includes all of the recommended build tools setup with a batch file to set paths to have the tools work from any location on the hard drive. This can be used to rebuild the OS or to develop new applications for

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

That was a HUGE zip file (once uncompressed). I’m just glad I use a sandbox for stuff like this, that zip file was like a box of chocolates… That being said…that much stuff comes on the FreeDOS full CD image? It kind of reminds me of the old Linux distributions that would ship a distribution on

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

* I don't know if the permissions were set by you or the original zip files, but they're messed up in several place, at least with respect to *nix. Some are set to 555. Not sure why execute bit is even set anywhere at all. * It's large (1.1GB decompressed). * Lots of files/folders are not in 8.3

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

I'm not of this effort, but, Ralf, what are you using to scan for viruses? On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 5:39 PM, Ralf Quint wrote: > On 6/2/2015 5:09 PM, Mercury Thirteen wrote: > > Everyone take a look at this ZIP > and let me know your > feedback.

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

On 6/2/2015 5:09 PM, Mercury Thirteen wrote: Everyone take a look at this ZIP and let me know your feedback. Anything which shouldn't be included? Anything which should but wasn't? There's a few non-open source programs I didn't catch for remo

[Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

Everyone take a look at this ZIP and let me know your feedback. Anything which shouldn't be included? Anything which should but wasn't? There's a few non-open source programs I didn't catch for removal. Let me know your input.