> On Apr 1, 2022, at 7:42 AM, Paul Dufresne via Freedos-devel > <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Maybe we should come back to the question wheter we should continue > to use ibiblio for releasing packages, or should concentrate on a > (gitlab or github) repository. >
On Fri, Apr 1, 2022 at 7:57 AM Jerome Shidel <jer...@shidel.net> wrote: > > I think the ibiblio repo should be kept for several reasons. First, > you can connect over plain http. Another, they downloaded zip can > easily be installed. Ibiblio is easier to browse. > I agree. Having the Files Archive (or "repo") hosted on Ibiblio is preferable. It keeps all the files (including the distribution) in one place, but logically separates them by directory so they are easy to find and navigate. Some users want to just download the FreeDOS distribution, and they'll likely do that using links from the website. Others (like the developers here, but also others) want to navigate the Files Archive to find updates to specific software, or find other software we have there but don't include in the distribution. Also, the folks at Ibiblio have hosted the FreeDOS Files Archive since the very beginning in 1994. We have a lot of history there, and a lot of links point there (not just from our websites, but other websites that mention FreeDOS). So moving the Files Archive will break a lot of things. Jim _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
