Hi Joe, Welcome. Some answers:
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 2:22 AM, Joe Emenaker <j...@emenaker.com> wrote: > **** snip *** > > So, anyway, I'm excited about FreeDOS 1.1, and I want to help get it out the > door. Thank you for volunteering. > As far as what I can offer. I'm pretty fluent in DOS batch programming, > linux bash, Perl, Java, C... a few others. It appears that FreeDOS uses a > packaging system. Well, I've rolled some of my own packages for Debian, and > I don't think FreeDOS's packaging system can be more complicated and > Debian's. Oh, and I've got some free time. So... what needs doing? Time is a major factor. If you're willing to help. I can definitely use it. I'm also glad you have the programming background. It will be quite useful. > Oh, and are there web-pages you can direct me to which explain: > 1 - Who's in charge? Who decides when 1.1 is ready to go. Who packages it > into a CD image? Who approves/rejects packages? I'm the project coordinator, so I get the honor of making a lot of the decisions. Of course, there is a lot of input from the community as well. > 2 - The FreeDOS standard file-structure. While MS-DOS would throw > everything into C:\DOS, FreeDOS uses C:\FDOS\BIN, C:\FDOS\DOC... and some > stuff is further down in C:\FDOS\BIN\CTMOUSE. Where is the manifesto which > helps decide what goes where? I don't think there's anything more than what you'll find on the current web pages. Let's take this discussion off line and we can talk some more. I have other volunteers as well, and we can start working on it. Personally, I won't get any time until later this month, but now is a good time to start. If anyone else would like to join in the effort, contact me. Pat ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
