HI Robert, > On Dec 20, 2020, at 10:41 AM, Robert Riebisch <[email protected]> wrote: > >> […] > > Does it mean, you are mirroring ibiblio.org by uploading new releases of > active projects to GitLab? > >> Also if any package tweaking (like moving files around or modifying >> configs), it >> makes it a little easier to deal with. > > I see. FreeDOS package structure is what some people, including me, > struggle with sometimes. Therefore they pack differently.
Active projects mirrored to Gitlab? More or less. But like I said, some require tweaking. So, those versions will already have them. However, there basically the same those in the Official FreeDOS Online Software Repo on ibiblio. Except, the versions on GitLab are fully extracted, ready to work on and may contain additional support files that are not included in the released package file. > >>> 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. > > But isn't working on FreeDOS about working in a community, i.e., by > splitting up work? Sure. But unfortunately, the issue tends to be finding someone willing to do the work. > Did you ask Kenneth? No. Like I said, It was a good deal of work adding all the Orphans and Abandoned programs not presently mirrored by him on GitHub. A general summary.. It involved creating the package groups, uploading the abandoned and active packages, setting permissions, updating the meta data, updating the packages on Ibiblio, and finally bringing the ones on my server into sync with the official versions. At the beginning of the process, I spent a couple hours writing scripts to automate 99% of the work. Even with that, It took me nearly a week. For something that “should be done” but wasn’t absolutely “needed to be done”, it was far more work than I was willing to ask someone to do. :-) Jerome _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
