while I am in general agreement with you, reality behaves different. your proposal is about as likely to occur as commercial grade FreeDOS-64. in other words: it won't happen. ever.
> I think we need a vetting process for new software that developers > want to include with FreeDOS. I'm glad that people are asking to be > included, but there is a certain level of review that we should be doing. > - The source code should be reviewed for obvious problems; back > doors and security problems, unsafe code that might trash files, etc. > - The program should do what it advertises to do. As an example, > an encryption program should provide a reasonable level of > encryption. (No code based on a simplistic cipher should be allowed to call > itself "encryption.") > - The build environment and instructions should be fully explained > so that others can easily rebuild and verify the executable. > If we get enough volunteers to review code that becomes a great way > to pass down the tribal knowledge. > It would also help to ensure > that the FreeDOS repositories do not become a new form of wild and crazy > shareware library. the word you were searching for is crapware. shareware was a way for small developers to distribute their software *product*, often professional developed software of high quality and shouldn't be confused with 'my first program'. successful programs were PKZIP, RAR, and a couple others. actually most modern software is distributed as shareware (try first, buy if happy). Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Year. New Location. New Benefits. New Data Center in Ashburn, VA. GigeNET is offering a free month of service with a new server in Ashburn. Choose from 2 high performing configs, both with 100TB of bandwidth. Higher redundancy.Lower latency.Increased capacity.Completely compliant. http://p.sf.net/sfu/gigenet _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
