DirSync 1.14 / DSDiff 1.02

A new version of DirSync and its diffviewer plugin DSDiff has been released and is available through your favourite package manager.

This release should solve some of the ZeroPain problems DirSync had, while DSDiff has been updated to cope with the version of the DiffUtils-package that is available today.

…and if you don’t have a package manager, favourite or otherwise?

Why don’t you install Packman? You can then download DirSync and many more interesting things.

The details for downloading it can be found in the “Packaging” thread in the ‘Comunity Support’ forum.

Ron.

Why don’t you install Packman? You can then download DirSync and many more interesting things.

The thing is, not everyone is happy with the package management systems.
It does come over as a bit dictatorial to tell those people that they can use their favourite manager when the real message is you must choose one of these options you don’t like.

Not something I have an issue with but I do understand that the users that object feel put down / diminished that they are presented with no other choice.

And more than this, not every RISC OS computer is connected to Internet. My SchlePi is not.
(and I’m really happy with this).

And more than this, not every RISC OS computer is connected to Internet.

There are many reasons people have for not wanting things package delivered.
You have a valid one there and I’m sure there are more.

Not having an Internet connection doesn’t stop you from using !PackMan.

Just because a package is available to download using !PackMan doesn’t stop you from downloading and installing it manually.

Just because a package is available to download using !PackMan doesn’t stop you from downloading and installing it manually.

More faff is probably the summary of many objections I’ve seen.
Whether it’s true or not is irrelevant to be honest. I’m neutral on the subject, I can see peoples objections but then I was the guy that wrote the script that used to do all our distributed installations and the guy that built the scripted network boot from floppy to install Windows and Office and always achieving the same install so I see the pro’s of the subject.

Just because a package is available to download using !PackMan doesn’t stop you from downloading and installing it manually.

Which is what I would be content to do as I have done in the past and hence my query. Where from?

The only package I could find is out of date. I’m obviously looking in the wrong places but all the info I could see was either aimed at Raspberry Pi owners with the manager or authors. I couldn’t see any actual locations.

Where from?

Try http://packages.riscosopen.org/thirdparty/FileDetails.html#DirSync

RiscPkg packages are just zip files, from which you can extract the application by hand if you can’t bring yourself to use PackMan.

Thanks. Bookmarked!

Just because a package is available to download using !PackMan doesn’t stop you from downloading and installing it manually.

Exact. But users need links, or an easy way (package web interface) to find links.

Something like this?

Yep

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks Chris.