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Bug#973822: ITP: dosbox-staging -- DOSBox Staging is a full x86 CPU emulator (independent of host architecture), capable of running DOS programs that require real or protected mode.



On Fri, 2020-11-06 at 17:55 +0100, David Heidelberg wrote:
> Hello Ben,
> 
> I asked about possibility of changing name and the final reply is [1].
> 
> Quoting dreamer:
> Right now, we are fighting to convince users (and developers) to move 
> on from using a myriad of tiny DOSBox forks (link - very incomplete, 
> there are ~50 other dead forks I know of) or maintain their own 
> patchsets based on 10-year old 0.74. We have already certain (hard 
> thought for) recognition and community formed up - changing name at 
> this point will only cause confusion and hurt the project's prospects 
> for future.

Oh well, thanks for asking anyway.  I suggest you make the long
description clearly state that this is independent of the original
DOSBox project.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
To err is human; to really foul things up requires a computer.


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