[Freedos-devel] Proposition for what a DOS package should be

[Paul D. <duf...@zo...>]

I am thinking about how software is/should be distributed.



I believe, source code is for programmers.

I believe, executable code is for users.



I believe a intermediary between the two should exist.

I guess it is a package.

I believe this intermediary is for installer(s).

I believe this intermediary should be PGP signed.

What should it looks like?



Unsigned:Builder PGP key

Signed:

  Program name

  Program version



  Builder name:

  Build day

  Build hour

  Type of public builder source code: None, GIT_URL, included

    Git URL if present



  Believed_author

  Believed_author_URL for the source code



  Number_of_sections



  Optional Section_LLVM



  Optional Section_source_code

    encodings

    kind_of_archive

    archive



  Optional Section DOS 16 bits



  Optional Section DOS 32 bits