Mail Archives: opendos/1997/05/05/17:30:56
On Sun, 4 May 1997, Evan Dickinson wrote:
> On Sun, 4 May 1997, Mike A. Harris wrote:
>
> > Since OD is being distributed on the net now, I think that a
> > slightly different "package" format might be more appropriate.
> > Since not everyone wants/needs everything that is in OD, I think
> > it might be beneficial to create "packages" such like Slackware
> > does, or other distributions of Linux. This way one could
> > download:
> >
> [snip]
> > What does everyone think about this idea? Remember that if the
> > distribution is broken up like that, that there could also still
> > be a master distribution which included everything in a 4Gig zip
> > file for those that want it. :o)
>
> We should definitely do this. However, we should also let people get by
> with only downloading one file. This way, someone could choose from a few
> basic installations (like the two avaliable now), or choose their own
> packages.
Exactly what I said in the paragraph you quoted above after the [snip]
If someone wants to download a master 20M file, then they can do
that too.
> Remember that not everybody will want to go through the hassle of picking
> packages--especially if they don't know enough about OpenDOS to make
> intelligent choices.
Exactly, best of both worlds.
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