If you are thinking about another FreeDOS distro, you may consider
inquiring about a 8086 version.
IIRC a few people use but it is quite difficult do setup, so a simple
image or release can be very helpfull
Just a random thought,
Alain
Em 28/03/2022 12:40, Paul Dufresne via Freedos-devel escreveu:
The branches that receive updates (1.2, 1.3, latest) contain the
latest version of the packages that we have created. I don’t see a
reason to add a new branch. If we decided to change package file
extensions (and possibly format), 1.2 and 1.3 would be detached
from Latest. And most likely would receive few if any updates.
Jim already provides the ‘raw’ files under a couple directories at
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/
<http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/> . They
are raw mirrors and most are not in package format.
Oh, I was confused thinking latest was not in package format. It
is because it is in repositories.
I see that there is less categories in freedos/files than in the
repositories however.
I am very surprised that 1.2 and 1.3 repositories are (still unsure)
symlinks to latest repository.
Because in my mind, you have no right to modify 1.2 or 1.3 after they
have been released.
But it seems the project don't share this mindset.
As for changing the extension, IDK. It would prevent users from
just unzipping things which is good and bad. As for the extension,
.dpk is already in use and would probably cause confusion. Not
sure about .dpg. But if we were to change it, I think I’m partial
to .fdp (F)ree(D)OS (P)ackage.
I like very much the .fdp suggestion.
I think we should set for goal to be able to use USB keys and drives
for next version.
Almost every computer have USB, but not as much have optical drives.
USB disk images, or simply a .zip of a repository that you would copy
on your USB drive for installation would be very nice.
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