On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 8:54 PM, Mercury Thirteen <mercury0x0...@gmail.com> wrote: > I suggest three options: > > 1. Base install (Just the basic essential parts of FreeDOS) > > 2. Complete install (The base install of FreeDOS along with all bundled > third-party software) > > 3. Advanced install (Specify individual packages, install sources, etc.) >
No. I think it is easiest (aka least confusing) for users to be prompted with two simple questions: 1. Do you want to install all the extra software, or just the programs that replace MS-DOS 2. Do you want to install source code too? That gives you four possible outcomes: 1. everything, no source code 2. everything, with source code 3. Base, no source code 4. Base, with source code At the risk of giving a "640k should be enough for everyone"-style quote, I think these four options are sufficient for a FreeDOS 1.2 distribution. The "Advanced" install that you describe is a neat feature, but I wonder how many people will choose this? I think less than 1%. We could poll this group as power users on freedos-devel, and I still think it would be a small number who actually use the "pick which packages to install or not install." Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
