From: Mark Hansen <cygwin@mehconsulting.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: FAQ 1.5 changes
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2020 05:39:43 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <979a4c53-c835-089c-6917-a55c83313677@mehconsulting.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <22c8f621-6402-ca69-c7b2-eb17296596ee@SystematicSw.ab.ca>
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!
prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-07-04 12:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-01 13:36 How to check cygwin version? Jeffrey Walton
2020-07-01 13:51 ` Thomas Wolff
2020-07-01 13:58 ` Eric Lilja
2020-07-01 15:58 ` Phill Ramsden
2020-07-02 5:20 ` Brian Inglis
2020-07-02 15:34 ` Norton Allen
2020-07-03 3:38 ` FAQ 1.5 changes (was: How to check cygwin version?) Brian Inglis
2020-07-03 4:02 ` Brian Inglis
2020-07-04 12:39 ` Mark Hansen [this message]
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