Hello, > >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?
I don’t feel like it is. I am talking about them having been dropped or removed them from the Official FreeDOS 1.2 release. Most of the dropped packages never even shipped with FreeDOS. They could be added later by the user. However, for those packages that met Jim’s requirements and for user convenience many of these uninstalled packages can be provided as EXTRAS on the big USB stick and CD-ROM versions. This would let the user have many desired add-on programs available without any extra fuss. But, there are requirements for all packages that are to be included on the Official install mediums. Also, think of it this way. MS-DOS never shipped with SoundBlaster or Adlib drivers. Besides the extra floppies that would have required. There would have licensing concerns. However, there was no problem with a user installing those drivers later. > >PS: Why so many IBIBLIO files, how about Mateusz' updater repository? They are from there http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.1/repos/ > 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? This is one of reasons for all of the specific requirements packages must meet for their inclusion. Jerome ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mobile security can be enabling, not merely restricting. Employees who bring their own devices (BYOD) to work are irked by the imposition of MDM restrictions. Mobile Device Manager Plus allows you to control only the apps on BYO-devices by containerizing them, leaving personal data untouched! https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/304595813;131938128;j _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
