Hopefully I don't rant too much...
I rarely post on the list at all but I think that
there has been a trend recently to add features to
FreeDOS but skip over the fact that it's supposed to
reproduce DOS as faithfully as possible. I wasn't all
that happy with FD 1.0 and still use my custom install
of beta-9 rc5.
--- Florian Xaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Jim, I all!
>
(snip)
>
> *Using 4DOS as standard command tool, and Bash or
> freecom as choice.
Why? I've had no problem with FreeCOM as it is what
it's supposed to do: be a clone of COMMAND.COM. Bash
should NOT be an option because this is DOS, if I
wanted a *nix I'd use it instead of DOS. Plus, if
people wanted bash they'd also need to install a bunch
of *nix utilities to use it (since all bash scripts
require ls, rm, etc. which are not, and should not be
part of a default DOS installation IMO).
> *PythonD as modern script language
Why Python and not Perl or any other scripting
language? Should we give preference to one at all? DOS
predates Python by long enough that I would just find
it strange to see included by default. I'd expect
something like BASIC or REXX as the scripting language
for a DOS. If I wanted Python/Perl/etc. I would
install it myself. Although, I find it strange that
you'd suggest Python over REXX since you want 4DOS
included which allows you to use REXX code in .BAT
file.
> *Using an Editor which supports large files (like
> FED or SETEDIT)
So long as they reproduce the features of the original
default editors for DOS they shouldn't be that bad but
the current ones are fine.
> *One standard file manager (my choice would be FW or
> NDN)
I don't like this idea since I don't use either. If a
user wants a file manager they'd install one that
they'd like which might not be either of those. No one
expects DOS to come with a file manager and I think
giving preference to one project over another isn't a
good thing.
> *No more 386- support
This I think is a horrible idea since the whole
purpose of FreeDOS is to have an open-source clone of
DOS that can work on old machines.
> I also think, that it shouldn't be a BIG collection
> of all free DOS programs.
> The distribution should contain less, but powerful
> programs. (Download
> via WGET for additional tools could be possible.) If
> there are more
> than one (like file managers) we could make a poll
> at freedos.org
> where user and developer can choose them.
I do agree here and think that FreeDOS is straying too
much from DOS feature wise while leaving certain
compatibility holes open.
> Network: Latest Arachne (a much more advanced
> version should be
> distributed soon) is a ''must", also tools like
> WGET. And one big
> problem still exists: a driver. So there should be a
> note at the
> installer, which points to FreeDOS Wiki or another
> site, where a good
> documentation exists ( about installing such a
> driver).
What do you mean by "a driver"? Also, while I love
Arachne, this runs counter to what you said above with
wanting FreeDOS to not be a large collection of free
DOS programs.
> And the GUI? I would say OZONE :-))))))
> Even with the drag'n'drop-bug it has many features
> and developing of
> programs isn't difficult.
Why not Windows? :-) Having a default GUI is bad since
there are competing projects and, again, I dislike
giving preference to one project over another when the
projects are equal. Plus, DOS didn't come with a GUI
and people used to pay for different ones. Also, I
would not choose Ozone (although it's nice) for a DOS
GUI anyways (I personally prefer OpenGEM).
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