> On Oct 23, 2024, at 4:03 PM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > Hi! > > I agree that the monthly releases have many good updates. > For FreeDOS 1.4, we should finally add WfW 3.11 compatible > kernel and related tools (maybe share exe etc.?) as well. > > Regards, Eric
Don’t know about WFW. Personally, I think 1.4 should have a newer kernel and FreeCOM. They both have had minor and major fixes since 1.3. Don’t know when either is coming. Plus, they will need a lot of testing before we can release a new OS version. > >> I think this demonstrates that FreeDOS 1.3 is getting a bit old (2022) >> and the monthly test releases have far outpaced it. For example, we >> already dropped Seal and oZone in the monthly test releases; the test >> releases have only had OpenGEM for some time.[1] We haven't added >> PCGEOS yet, but I'd like to see how things go with shifting packages >> between the LiveCD and BonusCD before we look at adding something >> large like PCGEOS. Earlier test releases[2] added other critical >> updates to packages. The package changes in T2410 were quite good, I'm >> interested in testing the package changes in T2411. Basically, the >> test release is *really good* and I think we should consider pushing >> forward to turn a future monthly test release into a "FreeDOS 1.4." >> [1]The report from the monthly test release: >> https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/report.html >> [2]The change log from the monthly test release: >> https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/changes.log > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
