Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 23:21:57 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: Adding Cygwin FAQ to distro Message-ID: <20001018232157.C15926@cygnus.com> Reply-To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com References: <002601c03976$fc919f60$1d0ea8c0@visi.com> <20001018225654.C15652@cygnus.com> <200010190314.XAA06973@envy.delorie.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.6i In-Reply-To: <200010190314.XAA06973@envy.delorie.com>; from dj@delorie.com on Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 11:14:06PM -0400 On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 11:14:06PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > >> You realize that a FAQ included in a distribution is guaranteed to >> be out-of-date almost immediately, right? > >However, if we add a cygwin/cygwin-faq-YYYYMMDD.tar.gz to latest, it >can be updated as it changes, and setup will keep everyone up-to-date >with the latest FAQ. > >It doesn't have to go in with the cygwin DLL. It doesn't matter. It will still be out of date on the user's machine unless they remember to update. I'm not against the idea, but I wonder if we're just making more work for ourselves by including it. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com