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 X-Apparently-From: Message-ID: <3B1CFB45.931B13F2@yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 11:31:17 -0400 From: Earnie Boyd Reply-To: Cygwin Users X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" CC: David Starks-Browning , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: point to FAQs [WAS: Re: getopts....] References: <3B1C8C03.23629.92EA659@localhost> <4A256A62.000952F0.00@bqlho_nts5.boq.com.au> <3B1C8C03.23629.92EA659@localhost> <4.3.1.2.20010605110618.020d0a80@pop.ma.ultranet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" wrote: > > No, I don't think so. I really haven't seen this asked frequently and > I also feel uncomfortable with the idea that the Cygwin FAQ provide > answers that more appropriately belong in other packages' FAQs. It would > be nice if the Cygwin FAQ could provide "one-stop shopping" for every > issue but then I think it would become so difficult to navigate and use > that it would defeat its purpose. People wanting to know what the > possibilities are for building ash with this option or gcc with that > should really look to the sites and lists that support those packages. > In particular, this query and response may be a good addition to the ash > site/FAQ. I do think it would be worthwhile and appropriate for the > Cygwin FAQ to point to FAQs of packages it contains though. > This sounds nice but outdates quickly. A better approach would be to add pointers to package FAQs in the documentation for that package. Then it wouldn't be up to David to keep abreast of when a pointer changes. It would be spread amongst the many (HA!:) ported package maintainers. -- Earnie. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple