Hi Jim, while I agree that more and more software is creeping into the distro if we "add all interesting things", this list is still somewhat comparable to "full 1.0". Yet already 1.0 had exactly the "creep" problem that you describe. So first we should indeed get a more "basic" 1.1 ready before we can start to review, update, add all/more of the "full" stuff.
That said, I particularily like mpxplay, Bret-USB, ctmouse, some recent networking stuff, nasm, HX, UIDE et al, srdisk, lfn stuff and similar. While they can be very useful, some of the things on the list below are huge (compilers, maybe ps/pdf tools) and others sound good, but I cannot comment on (testdisk, photorec, doszip, dn2, 4dos). Any GEM news? >> Mpxplay Bret's USB CuteMouse mTCP + common packet drivers Arachne >> WGET Mined GNU Emacs Perl Python OpenGem OpenWatcom + NASM FreeDoom >> + Eternity Engine HXRT + HXGUI p7zip DJGPP (GCC + GPP + Watt-32) >> UIDE + XMGR + RDISK + SHCDX33E DOSLFN Odi's LFNtools LTOOLS >> TestDisk + PhotoRec xpdf (or Ghostscript?) Doszip (or DN/2?) 4DOS >> (or Bash?) Keyb + CPI (+ mode + nlsfunc), etc. etc. > While I'm glad to see enthusiasm for what the next FreeDOS distro > should include, and you've got a lot of interesting stuff above, I'll > point out that this is a classic example of "scope creep". Testing, > configuration, etc gets much harder the more packages you add... [...so the big addition of packages should wait for a 2.0 distro...] Regards, Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos & much more. Register early & save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
