Hi Robert, > On Dec 19, 2020, at 3:43 PM, Robert Riebisch <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Jerome, > >> When browsing the online repo, it showed many of the links out to >> project homes no longer worked. While many other links still resolved, > > Probably some links were never correct... > > archiver/lzip: (My) DOS port is at > <https://www.bttr-software.de/ports/#lzip>; Home > <http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip.html> > > base/ctmouse: Home <https://sourceforge.net/projects/cutemouse/> > > devel/insight: Home <https://www.bttr-software.de/products/insight/> > > editor/blocek: Home <http://laaca.sweb.cz/> > > games/pakupaku: Home <https://deathshadow.com/pakuPaku> > > util/daa2iso: (My) DOS port is at > <https://www.bttr-software.de/ports/#daa2iso>; Home > <http://aluigi.altervista.org/mytoolz.htm#daa2iso>
Thanks for those. I’ve updated the links on ibiblio and moved those packages out of the publicly visible groups. ( FYI, I think a couple of you ports need their packages update. ) > >> there were a lot of projects that abandoned DOS in favor of focusing on >> Windows, Linux or other platforms. So many Orphans and Abandoned >> programs, something needed done. > > Thanks for doing the job. > >> Over the last week, I spend numerous hours verifying the state of the >> projects in the Official Repository. Every Orphaned or Abandoned project >> I found has now been given a home at https://gitlab.com/FDOS . Also, >> space has already been given to the projects that still have a home >> elsewhere on the internet. The projects who still have such a home are >> not publicly visible or accessible on GitLab. However, they can be made >> so without difficulty in a moments notice. > > Umm. There are two main reasons. The “Active” projects are also there but not visible. It makes it easier for me to keep track of what is what. Also if any package tweaking (like moving files around or modifying configs), it makes it a little easier to deal with. > >> I have updated some of the meta data for the Orphaned and Abandoned >> programs to point to their new home. Eventually, I will complete >> updating those package links in the online repositories as well. >> >> There are several reasons GitLab was chosen over other VCS providers. > > There already is <https://github.com/FDOS>. I was aware of that. But, it does not have everything. Nor, would I ask Kenneth to put it all there. It was/is a good deal of work. Mostly though, GitHub really is not up to the task. You cannot separate things into folders. So, every package would exist in one list. You can sort-of get around that by creating “Organizations” but that is kinda kludgy. Also the last I checked, I think you had to pay GitHub for private repositories. > >> * It is open source. >> * You “can” run your own instance on your own hardware. >> * Projects can be grouped into Sub-projects without any fuss. >> * Unlimited public and private repositories for free. >> * Detailed and flexible user management for free. >> * Easy export of projects or entire groups of projects. > > If we need this? I just leaves options open. > > Cheers, > Robert :-) Jerome _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
