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Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 11:19:51 -0500
From: Jason Dufair <jase AT dufair DOT org>
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Subject: documentation & dear love
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>However, I can see that the documentation could be misconstrued.
>Cygwin's documentation is not perfect.  I don't know of any project
>which has perfect documentation.  I would dearly love to have someone
>actively working on it.
>
I'll step up and volunteer to work on documentation.  I've been building 
up to working on coding (getting cygwin and the tools to compile for a 
start) since I'm a hacker first, but I am aware that too many open 
source projects are in dire need of documentatation and I'm getting 
sufficient number of technical challenges at work at this point.

Unless you prefer to have more people writing code, of course. 
 Christopher (or anyone), can you give me a ballpark idea of what needs 
to be done and where I might start?  I've spent a fair amount of time 
under the "Contributing" link, but it seems mostly to be about writing 
code.  Should I look at updating the user's guide?  The FAQ?  I've been 
using cygwin since about b17 and have been on and off the list, so I 
think I'm fairly qualified to help with the docs.  And I'll certainly 
consult the list or whomever I should consult about suggested updates 
and changes.

-- 
Jason Dufair - jase AT dufair DOT org
http://www.dufair.org/
"The oldest one captains the bleak white ship of bone with palsied hands
The one of middle years wears a hope like chains
The youngest one cries tears of scarlet, and adjusts her latest smile"
-- ToasterLeavings




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