Hi Jim, > I would rather create a system that doesn't specifically rely on > ibiblio as the install source. Yes, it's our primary site. But there > are other mirror archives of the ibiblio files...
That was part of the point: Ibiblio has high capacity servers and there are even regional mirrors of it. > references to pkg (exe) and spkg (src) files as, say, "choic44x.zip" People who google for "choice" will not find it that way... But it is a good idea that you suggest subdirectories: > + pkgs/ > + base/ > + choic44x.zip > One more thing: I think the pkgs and spkgs for the update server > should be assumed to be different than the zip files that we upload to > ibiblio. A pkg and spkg have a particular meaning; they contain a > particular directory structure. You are right, but it would be good if we could move towards a point where all files have that directory structure. Otherwise, it will be the exception, not the rule, that a downloaded zip file can be used for updating. For all "normal" files, people now are forced to unzip to a temp directory and spend time to sort the files to put them in the right directories in their installed freedos. > But the FDUPDATE program will be downloading these files using > wget to a DOS filesystem. Suggestion: wget -O choicex.zip http://foo/bar/choice-4.4-binary.zip This also makes sure that you have a "static" name of the downloaded file (does not contain a version number) and also a "readable" name (does contain the full name "choice") after the download and a readable name including a readable version number on the server :-). Remember that it is useful if people can find a package with google. Bonnie probably has a lot of experience with this when she tried to find new downloads of various packages... She would not have found a "dkcp0815.zip" when looking for "freedos diskcopy". I hope Mateusz can implement a system where the URL is no longer required to contain the target 8.3 filename. Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
