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From: victoria c. <sp...@jo...> - 2026-06-04 21:53:43
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the latest version is found on the gits i need help testing the stuff you mentioned no error levels yet https://git.gay/sparky4/fdnpkg16/raw/branch/main/fdnpkg16.zip On 5/30/26 6:56 AM, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user wrote: > Hi, > >> On May 28, 2026, at 7:23 PM, victoria crenshaw via Freedos-user >> <fre...@li...> wrote: >> >> https://git.gay/sparky4/fdnpkg16/releases/download/0.99.8254b/fdnpkg16.zip >> >> https://4ch.mooo.com/freedos/repos/1.4/html/en/net/fdnpkg16/ >> >> >> get it here or use fdnpkg16.exe to update to it >> >> >> change log: >> >> >> * 0.99.8254b: fixed a bug with downloading a file not existing in >> repository >> * added a feature when downloading a package it will ask if the user >> wants to override the existing file on disk with same name. >> * the documented features not in help are in the help now. > > I had a few minutes to test out the new/improved features. > > It has improved a lot over previous versions. > > I did not notice any major issues with the new changes. > > However, there were some things which I think could improve user > experience. > > 1) When using /DL (download package) or /DU (download updates), it > first downloads the package. Then, if a file already exists with the > same name, it prompts to Overwrite. I think it would be better to > check for the conflicting file name before downloading. That way, if > the user does not want to overwrite the local file, they do not waste > time downloading it. Sometimes, these files are pretty big and can > take several minutes for a download to complete. > > 2) It would be nice to provide the option to “Abort”, when a > conflicting file name already exists. > > 3) When downloading a package or available updates, it shows the > message “An update was found… Update in progress”. It should really > say “Download in progress” or since the next line says “Downloading…”, > that “Update in progress” could simply be removed when just downloading. > > 4) After downloading a package and wanting to update it, the command > to do this could be a little confusing to the end user. For example, > the was an update to DOSLFN. After it was downloaded, a user may thing > running “fdnpkg16 update doslfn.zip” would update it. But, that will > issue an error message that “DOSLFN.ZIP is not installed". So, they > may then try to run “fdnpkg16 install doslfn.zip” which shows the > error “DOSLFN is already installed! You may want to use ‘update’ action.” > This may confuse a user who does not know about the RI option to > reinstall a package. > > 5) After downloading all of the updates, it would be nice be able to > update them all at once. While they could be done one at a time, if it > has been a while since the packages were updated, there can be a lot > of them. For example, this machine had 13 updates. It can be tedious > to do one at a time. Using something like “fdnpkg16 ri *.zip” would be > awesome when there are a couple dozen packages to (re)install or update. > > :-) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Fre...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user |