Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 09:44:57 +0200 (MET DST)
From: <yeep AT xs4all DOT nl>
To: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
cc: OpenDOS Mailing List <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: DOS utilities (was Re: A few FS notions)
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> > I was thinking about a scheme like Red Hat RPMs, where you can get
> > .i386.rpm, .alpha.rpm and .sparc.rpm, just as well as .src.rpm...
> > Developers get the .src.rpm (after installing a base package that will
> > install the bare minimum AND the package manager).
> 
> Yes, sounds good, but it has to be EASIER than RPM's, and the
> "RPM" file must come ready to run as either a self extracting EXE
> or a ZIP file IMHO, *NOT* as an RPM file.

How about a zip file renamed to rpm?
:-)

> Lets decide exactly what should be in the different packages.
> Sound good?  Here is my suggestion of what to start off with:
> 
> (Binary dists)
> 
> UTILITY package (16-bit OpenDOS version)
> 	OPENDOS\DELTREE
> 	OPENDOS\BACKUP
> 	OPENDOS\STACKER
> 	OPENDOS\RESTORE

I assume with this package you mean all the stuff usually supplied with a
DOS?
Stuff like xcopy and....erm..is there more?
Well, you know what I mean.

So then we'd have two packages to get a full (as we are now used to for a
DOS) OS.

> Well, there are countless others, but this is a start.  Please
> add to the list, or change it in any way that you see fit.

How about a package with replacements for the other two.
4DOS, BASH, CSH, etc in stead of COMMAND.COM.
And some other stuff that can be replaced.

> Packages should be able to be installed, removed, upgraded,
> etc...  all with the smart installer program.

Yes, definitly!
As long as the log files are in ASCII, so you can update them when you
relocate or manually delete a package.
(Ever tried pulling that of when you manually deleted something under
Win95, in stead of with the uninstall? Registry...here I come :-) ) 


	Yeep