From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from stargate.mehconsulting.com (stargate.mehconsulting.com [65.78.188.61]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 93D923844041 for ; Sat, 4 Jul 2020 12:39:46 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 93D923844041 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=mehconsulting.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=cygwin@mehconsulting.com Received: from [10.1.1.68] (Atlantis.mehconsulting.com [10.1.1.68]) (authenticated bits=0) by stargate.mehconsulting.com (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 064Cdh5F027947 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 4 Jul 2020 05:39:43 -0700 DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 stargate.mehconsulting.com 064Cdh5F027947 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=mehconsulting.com; s=default; t=1593866383; bh=YNKBtoTAiFxyv5zxkF2AGrrm2jfTYLrXWEwAb2vApJ0=; h=Subject:To:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=nowskrJbiMk6zGJSOT6e/b49DFHkM6DUM3Kv6cUqo5tlOQIJt5qTzBECNYOQYGVqV BF6JBE9UbIxZvFa4gzgxHXheAJ+P0m09z8zsrihwQ5p1ktGXbu5BW69TyEgGSNd++a CS0V+xY2J75Vvxcn2VLQCeHWob80km5katfnufSI= Subject: Re: FAQ 1.5 changes To: cygwin@cygwin.com Newsgroups: gmane.os.cygwin References: <0c35113f-7b72-56d0-a032-b0cfa045f7ee@huarp.harvard.edu> <4b5a8c04-ae4f-6e2b-e22d-8e960dd305b7@SystematicSw.ab.ca> <22c8f621-6402-ca69-c7b2-eb17296596ee@SystematicSw.ab.ca> From: Mark Hansen Message-ID: <979a4c53-c835-089c-6917-a55c83313677@mehconsulting.com> Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2020 05:39:43 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <22c8f621-6402-ca69-c7b2-eb17296596ee@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=no 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@cygwin.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: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2020 12:39:47 -0000 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!