Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS packaging rules / paths

2012-09-29 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Mateusz, In FreeDOS 1.0, most packages were in the same directory structure of the same main FreeDOS directory. I do like that approach. Note that it was not extreme in that: For example Arachne, FBC, Emacs, GS, Lynx OpenXP, Pacific C, Pegasus Mail and Setedit all had their own directories,

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS packaging rules / paths

2012-09-28 Thread userbeitrag
Hi! Long time no see. I’d like to mention my POV anyways. Why use a Unix-like structure? In DOS, everything is where you want to put it. Configuration files traditionally reside in the same directory where the actual program that uses it is located. If not, it has its own structure (like

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS packaging rules / paths

2012-09-28 Thread Rugxulo
Hi guys, On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 1:19 PM, userbeit...@abwesend.de wrote: On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 1:16 AM, Mateusz Viste mateusz@viste- family.net wrote: Another question: how are you storing your files on your FreeDOS systems? As far as I'm concerned, I usually store games in a separate

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS packaging rules / paths

2012-09-28 Thread Mark Brown
part of the beauty of FreeDOS is that it's so versatile, so good, thatyou can do stuff your own way with it - this, i think, is not going to change, and i, for one, am all for it.   eufdp...@yahoo.com eufdp...@yahoo.com eufdp...@yahoo.com

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS packaging rules / paths

2012-09-27 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hi there! I've discussed this topic with Jim out of the list, and decided to bring it onlist, as it has no real 'ultimate answer', and requires to know 'how people store their stuff on FreeDOS'. Now, what is it about: FreeDOS packages are/were used primarily to package the FreeDOS system. The

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS packaging rules / paths

2012-09-27 Thread Marcos Favero Florence de Barros
Mateusz Viste on 27 Sep 2012 08:16:47 +0200: Another question: how are you storing your files on your FreeDOS systems? As far as I'm concerned, I usually store games in a separate directory, and other stuff under a 'programs' directory. But maybe other categories would be needed? (like

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS packaging rules / paths

2012-09-27 Thread dmccunney
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 2:16 AM, Mateusz Viste mate...@viste-family.net wrote: Another question: how are you storing your files on your FreeDOS systems? As far as I'm concerned, I usually store games in a separate directory, and other stuff under a 'programs' directory. But maybe other

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS packaging rules / paths

2012-09-27 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hello, Marcos, Dennis - thanks for your valuable input. I see with only two answers that we already have two very different point of view (Marcos using a more 'classic' DOS-ish directory structure, while Dennis prefer to unixify his environnement). This makes me think that we definitely must

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS packaging rules / paths

2012-09-27 Thread dmccunney
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Mateusz Viste mate...@viste-family.net wrote: Marcos, Dennis - thanks for your valuable input. I see with only two answers that we already have two very different point of view (Marcos using a more 'classic' DOS-ish directory structure, while Dennis prefer to

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS packaging rules / paths

2012-09-27 Thread Mateusz Viste
On 09/27/2012 10:50 PM, dmccunney wrote: Every user will have a preferred organization. One size will not fit all. Yes indeed. That's why I believe the way to go will be using so,e env variables to store installation paths to software (dosdir, gamesdir, appsdir, develdir for starters, other