X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Original-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org C30B2387086D Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=mehconsulting.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=goc-cygwin AT m DOT gmane-mx DOT org X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Mark Hansen Subject: Re: FAQ 1.5 changes Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2020 05:39:43 -0700 Message-ID: <979a4c53-c835-089c-6917-a55c83313677@mehconsulting.com> References: <0c35113f-7b72-56d0-a032-b0cfa045f7ee AT huarp DOT harvard DOT edu> <4b5a8c04-ae4f-6e2b-e22d-8e960dd305b7 AT SystematicSw DOT ab DOT ca> <22c8f621-6402-ca69-c7b2-eb17296596ee AT SystematicSw DOT ab DOT ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.7.0 In-Reply-To: <22c8f621-6402-ca69-c7b2-eb17296596ee@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Content-Language: en-US X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Errors-To: cygwin-bounces AT cygwin DOT com Sender: "Cygwin" On 7/2/2020 9:02 PM, Brian Inglis wrote: > > Added a bit more clarification to 2nd paragraph 2nd sentence, and email markup > for the HTML rendering: > > "1.5. What version of Cygwin is this, anyway? > As the Cygwin DLL takes the place of a Unix kernel, to find the version of > the Cygwin DLL installed, you can use any of the Unix compatible commands: > *uname -a*; *uname -srvm*; *head /proc/version*; or the Cygwin command: > *cygcheck -V*. Refer to each command's `--help` output or the _Cygwin User's > Guide_ for more information. > > If you are looking for the version number for the whole Cygwin release, there is > none. Each package in the Cygwin release has its own version, and the `cygwin` > package containing the Cygwin DLL and Cygwin system specific utilities is just > another (but very important!) package. The packages in Cygwin are continually > improving, thanks to the efforts of net volunteers who maintain the Cygwin > binary ports. Each package has its own version numbers and its own release process." > > Please feel free to make any further comments, feedback, or suggestions you > think would help with this entry. > I've often found this FAQ entry a little confusing and feel your improvements really clear it up. This is a very nice job. Especially the note about the volunteers working on Cygwin. This is something I feel can get lost at times. Long live Cygwin and 3 cheers for those who keep it going! -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple