Hi Mike, > On Oct 24, 2024, at 6:36 PM, jer...@shidel.net wrote: > > > >> On Oct 23, 2024, at 9:08 PM, Michael Brutman via Freedos-user >> <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> <mailto:freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net>> wrote: >> >> I'd like to ensure that you get it for the next test releases, but yes, I'd >> like to have some way to gauge interest too ... >> >> Another potential discussion point is the PDF documentation - it's large. >> Would shipping a text file that says "find the full documentation at this >> location" be a problem? I feel bad shipping a 3MB PDF file on FreeDOS >> knowing that most people are not going to open it under FreeDOS. (If they >> are so bold I can even include the command line for the HTGET program to >> fetch the PDF.) > > Well, I guess since there is not a good way to view it under DOS, it won’t > matter if the PDF is not included. > > I have not looked at the latest release yet. But, it would be nice if there > was at least some subset or partial manual included that covered the more > common things. Which could point to the online PDF for more detailed or > additional information. But, it is probably simpler and safer to just include > a note that says “go here” to read the manual. > > :-)
I was working on updating the mTCP package for the next FreeDOS Interim Test Build (T2411) and I noticed a small issue. While it includes the NetDrive binaries, there are no NetDrive sources in the sources zip file. I could not find a separate sources file for NetDrive on your site. I know in previous discussions you mentioned that eventually you would make the sources for NetDrive available. But at that time, you were not ready to do that. Since we need to include sources in the package for FreeDOS, I can simple remove NetDrive from our package until you are ready to provide the sources for it. Since the previous package for mTCP include the PDF documentation, I’ve will included it for now in the new package. But, I think it is of limited use under DOS. Plus as you mentioned, it is large and a note with the URL or a batch to download it may be a far better choice. :-) Jerome
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