volunteers to prepare and maintain packages, because the priority of the
Cygwin Team is Cygwin itself.
-There will be a separate web page where all the details are documented,
-but this is not prepared yet. Meanwhile, pore through the cygwin-apps
-mailing archives (start at @file{http://cygwin.com/lists.html}), and
-subscribe. Charles Wilson posted a short recipe of what's involved,
-using texinfo as an example,
-at @file{http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2000-11/msg00055.html}. This
+There's a Cygwin Contributor's Guide on the project web page available
+here @file{http://cygwin.com/setup.html}, which details everything you'll
+need to know about being a package maintainer. If you need any extra
+help you can ask on cygwin-apps @emph{at} cygwin @emph{dot} com mailing
+list, or alternatively you can search the cygwin-apps archives
+(start at @file{http://http://cygwin.com/lists.html}), as your question
+may well have been asked before. Charles Wilson posted a short recipe
+of what's involved, using texinfo as an example, available at
+@file{http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2000-11/msg00055.html}. This
should give you an idea of what is required.
You should announce your intentions to the general cygwin list, in case
and an API Reference at
@file{http://cygwin.com/cygwin-api/cygwin-api.html}.
-There is an interesting paper about Cygwin from the 1998 USENIX Windows
-NT Workshop Proceedings at
-@file{http://cygwin.com/usenix-98/cygwin.html}.
-
You can find documentation for the individual GNU tools at
@file{http://www.fsf.org/manual/}. (You should read GNU manuals from a
local mirror, check @file{http://www.fsf.org/server/list-mirrors.html}
@section Where can I get it?
-The main location for the Cygwin project is
-@file{http://cygwin.com/}. There you should find
-everything you need for Cygwin, including links for download and setup,
-a current list of ftp mirror sites, a User's Guide, an API Reference,
-mailing lists and archives, and additional ported software.
+The home page for the Cygwin project is @file{http://cygwin.com/}.
+There you should find everything you need for Cygwin, including links
+for download and setup, a current list of ftp mirror sites,
+a User's Guide, an API Reference, mailing lists and archives, and
+additional ported software.
You can find documentation for the individual GNU tools at
@file{http://www.fsf.org/manual/}. (You should read GNU manuals from a
local mirror. Check @file{http://www.fsf.org/server/list-mirrors.html}
for a list of them.)
-
@section Is it free software?
Yes. Parts are GNU software (gcc, gas, ld, etc...), parts are covered