On 17/05/2016 19:09, Antony Gordon wrote:
> Are source files going to still be packaged with the binary file in
> FreeDOS, or will the source code be a separate optional install?
>
> Granted, the whole core OS (what actually comprises DOS) isn't that big,
> roughly 4.32MB before the other stuff (3rd party editors, a wide
> assortment of GUI, development tools, and the like), so it's probably
> not much of a difference, but if an end user has no plans of rebuilding
> from source, why put it on their hard drive in the first place?

Hi Tony,

The fact that packages contain both binary and sources doesn't 
necessarily mean that sources lands on the user's hard disk during 
installation. The FDNPKG packager is able to strip sources at install 
time when told to do so.

Mateusz


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