Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 09:04:59 -0500 (EST)
From: "..Nissim.." <nchudnof AT mbhs DOT edu>
To: OpenDOS <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject: Re: [opendos] FSSTND
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On Sat, 22 Mar 1997, Mike A. Harris wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, Tim Bird wrote:
> 
> > > Again, since the standard would ONLY BE A RECOMMENDATION, other
> > > users would NOT have to abide by it anyways.  Those who did
> > > however would benefit greatly by the features of the standard.
> > 
> > Mike has hit the nail on the head here.  If this is on the wishlist,
> > it should be separated into 2 parts: a file system standard, and
> > a "smart installer" facility.  Both would be applicable not only
> > to OpenDOS, but also to MSDOS systems.  The smart installer could
> [BIG SNIPPAGE]
> 
> The way that you just described the 2 parts is exactly how I
> envision it.  The redhat package manager is very much the type of
> thing that is needed.  If and when the smart installer is made,
> it should definately use a DOSish archive format though.  I
> recommend ZIP by default, but ANY archiver should be able to
> work.  In other words, the smart installer should understand RAR,
> ARJ, TGZ, ZOO, UC2, EXE self extractors, etc...  it should be

That could be easy to do..just build a core installer, and have it load a
DLM for the different formats..so when new ones come out, no need to
re-compile installer


...Nissim...
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