Hi all, I think that the new distro idea about a collection of batch files is really good. It looks similar to portage/gentoo and freebsd/ports way of installing packages and maybe a it can be a revival for the fdpm project.
I think it will be really good for: - Make the distribution easy to update. - Maybe less releases/ISOs per year. - Get comercial software inside the distro, not the software but an install script/method. - Comercial software site's bandwith can be used . - To have a binary install for users. - Or from source install for developers. - Bandwith from everybody could be used. (just live the package in a place the install program can fetch) - Bandwith usage would be distributed. - Also bandwith usage would be distributed in time since everybody will not update their packages at the same time. - Make install scripts easier for virtual machines (vmware, bochs, qemu...) and emulators (dosemu) since they all have the same network cards, at the same address, perhaps. - Easy to test and get food for bugzilla faster, while developers still got their hands dirty. - Get software tested faster and in different machines by far more people. - Get more people installing (hey new stuff) and updating their FreeDOS distro. and I would be happy as a monkey in a banana farm to see it done. I can help also. Blair, I have made some ansi logos, if you are interested I can send you with no questions asked. :) I can't think of bad things right now, maybe it will occur to me somewhere in time. Carlos AB ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
