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Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 23:21:57 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Adding Cygwin FAQ to distro
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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 be out-of-date almost immediately, right?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  It will still be out of date on the user's machine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

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