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Dmidecode version 2.9 available (Announce)

posted by rr  , Berlin, Germany, 10.03.2008, 12:29

> 2. Sugg: use 8+3 UPPERCASE filenames

Declined. Lower case file names are standard for DJGPP packages.

> 3. Lack of user-friendliness (obviously mostly from original source):
> should write a bit more ("This is for COMPAQT's only, seems you have
> none", "DMIDECODE 8.34 by blah | DOS port compiled by bttr 2008-03-15",
> ...), list options, rather than just silently abort or "bad commandline"
>

Do you really know what "porting" means?

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Complete thread:

• Dmidecode version 2.9 available - rr, 29.02.2008, 11:41 (Announce)
  • Dmidecode version 2.9 available - Laaca, 29.02.2008, 16:44
    • Dmidecode version 2.9 available - rr, 29.02.2008, 17:31
      • Dmidecode version 2.9 available - Laaca, 29.02.2008, 22:51
        • Dmidecode version 2.9 available - rr, 01.03.2008, 20:55
        • Dmidecode version 2.9 available - rr, 17.04.2008, 17:25
  • Dmidecode version 2.9 available - RayeR, 01.03.2008, 00:53
  • Dmidecode version 2.9 available - DOS386, 10.03.2008, 09:18
    • Dmidecode version 2.9 available - rr, 10.03.2008, 12:29
      • Dmidecode version 2.9 available - DOS386, 01.05.2008, 05:27
        • Dmidecode version 2.9 available - rr, 02.05.2008, 16:04