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Be sure to at least -read any 'Release Notes' or 'Readme' or 'read this' links on the main -web page, if there are any. - -There is a comprehensive Cygwin User's Guide at -@file{http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net.html} -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} -for a list of them.) - -@subsection What Cygwin mailing lists can I join? - -Comprehensive information about the Cygwin mailing lists can be found at -@file{http://cygwin.com/lists.html}. - -To subscribe to the main list, send a message to -cygwin-subscribe@@cygwin.com. To unsubscribe from the -main list, send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@@cygwin.com. -In both cases, the subject and body of the message are ignored. - -Similarly, to subscribe to the Cygwin annoucements list, send a message -to cygwin-announce-subscribe@@cygwin.com. To unsubscribe, -send a message to cygwin-announce-unsubscribe@@cygwin.com. - -If you are going to help develop the Cygwin library by volunteering for -the project, you will want to subscribe to the Cygwin developers list, -called cygwin-developers. If you are contributing to Cygwin tools & -applications, rather than the library itself, then you should subscribe -to cygwin-apps. The same mechanism as described for the first two lists -works for these as well. Both cygwin-developers and cygwin-apps are -by-approval lists. - -There is a searchable archive of the main mailing list at -@file{http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/}. There is an alternate -archive, also searchable, at @file{http://www.delorie.com/archives/}. -You can also search at @file{http://www.google.com/} and include -"cygwin" in the list of search terms. - -Cygwin mailing lists are not gatewayed to USENET, so anti-spam measures -in your email address are neither required nor appreciated. Also, avoid -sending HTML content to Cygwin mailing lists. - -@subsection Posting Guidelines (Or: Why won't you/the mailing list answer my questions?) - -If you follow these guidelines, you are much more likely to get a -helpful response from the Cygwin developers and/or the Cygwin community at -large: - -@itemize @bullet -@item Read the User's Guide and the FAQ first. -@item Check the mailing list archives. Your topic may have come up -before. (It may even have been answered!) Use the search facilities -at the links above. Try the alternate site if the main archive is not -producing search results. -@item Explain your problem carefully and completely. "I installed Blah -and it doesn't work!" wastes everybody's time. It provides no -information for anyone to help you with your problem. You should -provide: - -@itemize @bullet -@item A problem statement: How does it behave, how do you think it -should behave, and what makes you think it's broken? (Oh yeah, and what -is @emph{"it"}?) -@item Information about your Windows OS ("Win95 OSR2" or "NT4/SP3" or -"Win2K" or "Win98 SE" or ...). -@item Details about your installation process, or attempts at same. (Internet or -Directory install? If the former, exactly when and from what mirror? -If the latter, which packages did you download? Which version of -setup.exe? Any subsequent updates?) -@item Details about your Cygwin setup, accomplished by @emph{pasting} -the output of 'cygcheck -s -v -r' into your message. (Do not send the -output as a file attachment.) -@item A valid return address, so that a reply doesn't require manual editing of -the 'To:' header. -@end itemize - -@item Your message must be relevant to the list. Messages that are -@emph{not} directly related to Cygwin are considered off-topic and are -unwelcome. For example, the following are off-topic: - -@itemize @bullet -@item General programming language questions -@item General Windows programming questions -@item General UNIX shell programming questions -@item General application usage questions -@item How to make millions by working at home -@item Announcements from LaserJet toner cartridge suppliers -@end itemize - -@end itemize - -If you do not follow the above guidelines, you may still elicit a -response, but you may not appreciate it! - -Inquiries about support contracts and commercial licensing should go to -info@@cygnus.com. If you want to purchase the Cygwin 1.0 CD-ROM, visit -@file{http://www.cygnus.com/cygwin/} or write to -cygwin-info@@cygnus.com. While not strictly @emph{unappreciated} in the -main cygwin list, you'll get the information you need more quickly if -you write to the correct address in the first place. - -Beyond that, perhaps nobody has time to answer your question. Perhaps -nobody knows the answer. - |