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Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 06:28:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: Adding Cygwin FAQ to distro
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--- Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com> wrote:
> 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 be out-of-date almost immediately, right?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  It will still be out of date on the user's machine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.
> 

Perhaps an entry in the FAQ about how to download the FAQ in it's HTML format
and the precautions you've stated about doing so.  That way I don't have YAF to
download.

Cheers,

=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com

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