Is practicaly possible to compile on demand? I mean that on the instalation CD would be all source codes for key parts of FreeDOS and C compiler and all necesary things for compiling. So user would boot standard FreeDOS from this CD, it creates a ramdisk and on the ramdisk would be compiled these sources and C. After it user could set on or off some compilation options etc. and a new FreeDOS binary would be compiled. This custom FreeDOS version could be SYSed to harddisk. It is just an idea.....
----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Auer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 2:14 PM Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] Come visit EDR-DOS sites! > > Hi, partially agreed... Yet I think we can and should > keep several good compilers in the distro. The confusing > points of the distro are more that you have to dig through > long lists of packets and stuff. It would be nice to have > an option like "install everything which works without > network connection during/after install, while I go away > and have a cup of tea", for example :-)... > > Afterwards you can still use the package manager to add > more packages from the cdrom or install the networking > or usb stuff or remove packages again. Another nice > option would be "install a full base system with all > the usual DOS stuff and show me the list of all other > possible packages, but preselect none for installation, > just add the extras which I manually select". > > Just some ideas. I would have to work out the details if > somebody wants to add such options to the installer. > > Eric > > > There can be as many compilers as there needs to be, but I think the whole > > point is to make the distribution less confusing, let's pick a particular > > tool and the distribution includes that, but you can download the other tool > > from the website. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
