>Just as a general statement regarding “Dropped” packages. It doesn’t >mean
>they cannot be used or installed later. It also doesn’t mean they cannot be
provided on ibiblio.
I am a bit confused by this, it seems to be an "end-around" solution; has
this been happening all along?
>PS: Why so many IBIBLIO files, how about Mateusz' updater repository?
Perhaps this is the ideal solution, trim FreeDOS to a genuine FREE/Open
Source distro, and let end-users include the files they wish from alternate
sites?
On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Don Flowers <donr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> PS - I apologize for the mistypes, I am on my first cup of coffee :^)
>
>
> On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 8:44 AM, Don Flowers <donr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> > XCDROM - Removed.
>> UIDE is NOT 100% compatible to XCDROM, I just built a retro PIII Intel
>> SE440BX-2 (a very popular MB according to the VOGONS site) which for some
>> reason only reads CDs/DVDs with the XCDROM driver no matter what drive I
>> install.
>>
>> > Honestly, this kind of task belongs to the maintainers of those
>> > aforementioned packages, but
>> > since most so-called maintainers are too busy (or long since
>> > disappeared), it falls to such
>> > pathetic souls such as myself. (Sigh.) :-(
>> Your work is not unappreciatated, I am just wondering why this task
>> wasn't delegated by Jim BEFORE Jerome's AWESOME installlation efforts were
>> employed.
>>
>> MPXPLAY works on several of my PC's, PAKUPAKU is a PACMAN derivative and
>> is one of my favorite games.
>>
>> On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 8:20 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. <jer...@shidel.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> > On May 15, 2016, at 1:26 AM, Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > I assume that your .ZIPs of CuteMouse
>>> > (ctmouse.zip) and Jemm386 (jemm.zip) come from here:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.1/repos/base/
>>>
>>> Yep, nearly all others are from ibiblio as well.
>>>
>>> There are some, that I have updated and a few like CDRCACHE that are not
>>> on ibiblio.
>>>
>>> Also, several on ibiblio that were missing sources and a few others that
>>> LSM data problems that I corrected as well.
>>>
>>> >
>>> > If that's the case, then I will (weakly) "try" to fix them in the next
>>> > few days, and then re-upload them
>>> > so that FD 1.2 will have a slightly less burdensome status. (Which
>>> > means trying to rebuild all their various (sub)binaries, which
>>> > shouldn't be "too" hard.)
>>>
>>> Sounds good to me. :-)
>>>
>>> > Honestly, this kind of task belongs to the maintainers of those
>>> > aforementioned packages, but
>>> > since most so-called maintainers are too busy (or long since
>>> > disappeared), it falls to such
>>> > pathetic souls such as myself. (Sigh.) :-(
>>>
>>> Agreed. When, I see the “can’t you fix” this package or that one. Or,
>>> the "but there is a newer version of this one on the website why aren’t you
>>> using it?” I shake my head and sigh.
>>>
>>> > I just hate to drop some things that are, in fact, useful and "mostly"
>>> > free just because of some errant file or two. Jemm386 I never use much
>>> > anymore (although it's still very useful, in select cases; but JLOAD
>>> > never caught on, quite honestly). CuteMouse might be a much bigger
>>> > loss (although I personally try to avoid the mouse, usually, which
>>> > isn't easy in some programs).
>>> >
>>> > Neither should have to be dropped, so I'm 99% sure that I can remove
>>> > the closed-source parts successfully. I know this isn't a "real"
>>> > problem, thus we keep procrastinating, but we do overall want to keep
>>> > FreeDOS "free" (or as close as possible!).
>>>
>>> Just as a general statement regarding “Dropped” packages. It doesn’t mean
>>> they cannot be used or installed later. It also doesn’t mean they cannot
>>> be
>>> provided on ibiblio. It only means, (if not fixed) they will not ship
>>> with the
>>> official release of FreeDOS 1.2.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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