Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos 1.1 status???

2009-04-04 Thread Jim Hall
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Mateusz Viste wrote: > On Friday 03 April 2009 16:56, Alain M. wrote: >> UNARJ.EXE may be freely used and distributed. > > Doesn't matter anyway - I just checked my repository, and there is only the > OpenSource version of ARJ, so no license problem there :) > Co

Re: [Freedos-user] What about changing our packaging style for v1.1?

2009-04-04 Thread Jim Hall
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Mateusz Viste wrote: > Hi people! > > So far, we have always used packaging sources and binaries differently (that > is, in separate packages, like memx.zip and mems.zip). I am trying to put > some effort these days into syncing some packages to make them ready fo

[Freedos-user] (OT) speaking about free software

2009-04-04 Thread Jim Hall
Just thought I'd let people know: I will be a Nifty Guest for Penguicon 7.0, a science fiction and open source software convention. This year’s Penguicon will be May 1-3, in Romulus, Michigan. I’m presenting at two sessions: “Linux in the Enterprise” and “Starting your own Free/open source softwar

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS localisation project

2009-04-04 Thread Petr Ullmann
Thank you again. Now, I will translate all files from fdlang repostitory and then I can do something more advanced :-) Best regards, Mateusz Viste napsal(a): > Okay, found it :) > > > For translating the FreeCOM shell, you will need to download the file below: > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS localisation project

2009-04-04 Thread Mateusz Viste
Okay, found it :) For translating the FreeCOM shell, you will need to download the file below: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/command/0.83beta/083Beta04/localize.zip In that archive, you will find a nice how-to about translating the command shell and "compiling" the

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS localisation project

2009-04-04 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hi Petr! On Saturday 04 April 2009 20:53, Petr Ullmann wrote: > I would like to start with translation of FreeDOS to czech language. > Where can I find some informations about way of FreeDOS translations or > informations about translation project? In fact, there isn't much you have to know, tr

Re: [Freedos-user] patents - was: LFN in FreeDOS kernel? - was: aimed compatibility?

2009-04-04 Thread Aitor Santamaría
But then it wouldn't be compatible with the LFN that came with Windows9X and is used in the millions of USB devices or the like, nor with the applications that are LFN-aware (unless you'd like to rewrite the DOS LFN API descript.ion-based... Aitor 2009/4/2 Eric Auer : > > Hi! > >>> So why cant

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS localisation project

2009-04-04 Thread Petr Ullmann
Hello, I would like to start with translation of FreeDOS to czech language. Where can I find some informations about way of FreeDOS translations or informations about translation project? Thank you very much for you help :-) Petr Ullmann Mateusz Viste napsal(a): > Hi all! > > It has been a lon

Re: [Freedos-user] FDUPDATE crash

2009-04-04 Thread Michael Robinson
I was wrong about wget not crashing, it just took it a long time to crash running it on it's own. Is the kernel going to be reworked anytime soon to remove this fnode concept? -- _

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS localisation project

2009-04-04 Thread Jim Hall
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Mateusz Viste wrote: > Hi all! > > It has been a long time that the "poor translation management" was bothering > me. There is no easy way to know what needs to be translated, and what is > already translated but not shipped with the package for whatever reason. >

Re: [Freedos-user] What about changing our packaging style for v1.1?

2009-04-04 Thread Mateusz Viste
On Saturday 04 April 2009 17:22, usul wrote: > If putting them into a single zip forces that the sources are > installed everytime. > I would disagree. Its an extra step for the end user to manually delete them. No, no extra step required. See below. > if there was a way to automate the removal o

Re: [Freedos-user] What about changing our packaging style for v1.1?

2009-04-04 Thread usul
Hi If putting them into a single zip forces that the sources are installed everytime. I would disagree. Its an extra step for the end user to manually delete them. what if this is being used in an embedded environment where space is premium. Not all users of dos are technical like us, the more st

Re: [Freedos-user] What about changing our packaging style for v1.1?

2009-04-04 Thread Geraldo Netto
Hi, i totally agree with Mateusz and Michael also, once there is a source directory i think we can modify softwares to select 'binary only, source only or both' See YA! Geraldo Sapere Aude Non ducor, duco São Paulo, Brasil, -3gmt site: http://exdev.sf.net/ msn: geraldo_boca_at_hotmail.com skype

Re: [Freedos-user] What about changing our packaging style for v1.1?

2009-04-04 Thread Michael Reichenbach
It looks like you want it more reliable... Sounds very reasonable. Actually more pros (more easy for you, faster) then cons (file size). As you have the most work with it, do it. -mr Mateusz Viste schrieb: > Hi people! > > So far, we have always used packaging sources and binaries differently

[Freedos-user] What about changing our packaging style for v1.1?

2009-04-04 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hi people! So far, we have always used packaging sources and binaries differently (that is, in separate packages, like memx.zip and mems.zip). I am trying to put some effort these days into syncing some packages to make them ready for v1.1, and I have to tell that handling sources and binaries