Well, I'd say it's rather likely to be the other way around - your 
massive zip is an incorrectly formatted version of the things I already 
maintain since many years through the FDNPKG repo :)

But I can't really say more about your massive zip, since I hadn't 
analyzed it, I once quickly looked into it and stopped after seconds 
when seeing that it has no chance to work (and I think I shared my 
concerns with you then).

I cannot guarantee it's all the 'latest and brightest' versions of 
everything, since it's something I do with very little time, so it might 
happen some of the packages are one version off sometimes. It's surely a 
greatly updated version of the stock FreeDOS 1.1 though.

Mateusz



On 20/10/2015 21:31, Mercury Thirteen wrote:
> So the link you gave is the complete set of everything that will be
> included with FD1.2? Basically a correctly formatted version of the
> massive ZIP I assembled previously, no?
>
> Merc
>
> On 10/20/2015 3:26 PM, Mateusz Viste wrote:
>> On 20/10/2015 20:29, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote:
>>> At present, I know very little about the FDNPKG. However, I thought it
>>> was 32-bit+ only.
>> The tool itself - yes. The package base is just that - a package base
>> with software.
>>
>> Here are all the repos:
>> http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.1/repos/
>>
>> And the "all_cd.iso" file present at the above link is an ISO CD with
>> everything already, it "only" needs an installer before we can call it
>> FreeDOS 1.2.
>>
>>> I do know that the new version needs to support 16bit
>>> legacy systems.
>> The installer certainly do. FDNPKG being 16bit sure would be "cool", but
>> I don't see it happening any time soon. I might do some ultra-light
>> 16bit version at some point, that would support only installation from a
>> zip file (ie. without any network support, no repository support etc).
>> Such version could then be used by installers that do not want to
>> reimplement package format support..
>>
>>
>> Mateusz
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>> On 20/10/2015 16:44, Jerome Shidel wrote:
>>>>>> On Oct 20, 2015, at 9:47 AM, Mercury Thirteen <[email protected]> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Greetings! My apologies for not answering sooner, but I was slated to
>>>>>> assemble the new release.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If we are not in a hurry, I will continue to do so as planned.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If we want this sooner than later, I will gladly transfer this to
>>>>>> another person as my free time is slim due to family and work, and I do
>>>>>> not wish to unnecessarily delay the release date when someone with fewer
>>>>>> pressing responsibilities is able and willing to do the work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'd be glad to hear some constructive feedback on this.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I'd be more than happy to not have to assemble it. If I must do it, 
>>>>> release time will range from late 11/15 to mid to late 2016. Mostly, this 
>>>>> is due to my "work" week being on average 80+ hours and other 
>>>>> commitments. With "free" time coming in small to large chunks.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 10/20/2015 9:21 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote:
>>>>>>> I don’t see any volunteers for assembling the next release of FreeDOS.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So, as my limited free time permits this is my roadmap.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Complete version 1.0 of V8Power Tools. https://github.com/LoopZ/V8Power 
>>>>>>> <https://github.com/LoopZ/V8Power>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Implement items remaining on FDI Roadmap. https://github.com/shidel/FDI 
>>>>>>> <https://github.com/shidel/FDI>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Begin work on assembling packages for FreeDOS 1.2.
>>>>
>>


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