well, if you know PASCAL, it might be possible to modify the graphical installer, but otherwise, I would recommend a rewrite. The current gui installer requires a slightly older than latest version of FreePASCAL.
On 7/5/06, Jim Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Blair Campbell wrote: > > Just to let you know, due to lack of bugfixes in the graphical > > installer, it cannot be included with 1.0, otherwise people would > > blame us for releasing buggy software. The text installer works > > pretty much everywhere and is much more stable. > > > > Unless anyone releases a showstopper-fixed graphical installer :-). > > > > [...] > > FDPKG 1.0-pre will be installed by default for package management, and > > a modified text installer will do its best to integrate package > > management into the installed FreeDOS (including removal of unwanted > > packages, dependency checking, etc..) Included with it is a utility > > that uses specified files to rename short filenames to long filenames > > needed by some packages. That way, the long filenames can survive > > being zipped and unzipped with an Info-Zip that doesn't support long > > filenames. > > > > > Hi Blair, > > After the "1.0" distro is out, I'm thinking I'd like to help > rebuild/improve the graphical installer, merging it with FDPKG, etc. > The installer is the first thing that people will see when they try out > FreeDOS ... a text installer is okay, but a nice-looking graphical > version would be killer. I've been putting some thought into how to > make the install process easier (not possible to implement before "1.0", > but likely for the next distro) and I'd like to get involved again and > write code for that. Heck, integrating package management into the > FreeDOS installer was always a big goal of mine, but I never went to do > it - maybe I can finally help make that happen. :-) > > Looks like the Install program that's on CVS > (http://freedos.cvs.sourceforge.net/freedos/install/) is a slightly > modified version of the text installer I wrote several years ago. Where > are the sources for the graphical installer? Or would it be better to > re-write the graphical installer from scratch? > > > -jh > > > > -- > I'm sorry my president's an idiot. I didn't vote for him. > > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > -- Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees. David Letterman (1947 - ) See ya Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
