Hi,
i would suggest to extend fdupdate as freedos main pkg front end all we need to do is add the possibility to create local repos i mean, be able to use cd, floppy or whatever as a repo :) and of course still use fdpkg and back end... Geraldo Sapere Aude Non ducor, duco São Paulo, Brasil, -3gmt site: http://exdev.sf.net/ msn: geraldo_boca_at_hotmail.com skype: geraldo-netto icq: 145-061-456 2009/1/3 Mateusz Viste <mate...@viste-family.net>: > On Monday 22 December 2008 23:49, Jim Hall wrote: >> I think it's better to keep them separate. I like that FDUPDATE only >> does one thing - download updates. FDPKG is pretty mature, and should >> remain the package manager. To try to push that functionality into >> FDUPDATE at this time would risk adding too many bugs. > > Basically I agree with you, Jim. > However, it's important to note that FDUPDATE is not only an updater, it may > install new software from online repositories, too :-) > > In any case, it should be perceived as an network tool, and it *requires* > FDPKG anyway, as the whole "remove/install/update stuff" work is done > externally by FDPKG, not by FDUPDATE (FDUPDATE acts just as a wrapper then). > > Best regards, > Mateusz V. > -- > You'll find my public OpenPGP key at > http://www.viste-family.net/mateusz/pub_key > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
