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Author SHA1 Message Date
Jon Turney b441bad182
Update FAQs for removal of 32-bit Cygwin
Update FAQs for removal of 32-bit Cygwin
Also update FAQs for dropping support for Windows Vista/Server 20008
2022-07-12 13:58:58 +01:00
Brian Inglis 749cbccc55 winsup/doc/faq-what.xml: FAQ 1.2 Windows versions supported
enumerate Vista, 7, 8, 10 progression to be clear, and earliest server 2008;
add 8.1, exclude S mode, add Cygwin32 on ARM, specify 64 bit only AMD/Intel
2020-09-18 07:52:24 -04:00
Brian Inglis b1237e64fd Cygwin: FAQ 1.6: Update "Who's behind the project?"
winsup/doc/faq-what.xml: remove Red Hat, Net, Win32 references and clean up
2020-07-13 17:19:50 +02:00
Brian Inglis 906ce51747 Cygwin: FAQ 1.5: Clarify "What version is this"
Patch to:
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=newlib-cygwin.git;f=winsup/doc/faq-what.xml;a=blob
as a result of thread:
	https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2020-July/245442.html
and comments:
	https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-patches/2020q3/010331.html
Relate Cygwin DLL to Unix kernel,
add required options to command examples,
differentiate Unix and Cygwin commands;
mention that the cygwin package contains the DLL,
replace setup.exe reference by Cygwin Setup program wording.
2020-07-13 17:19:01 +02:00
Jon Turney c549e953a9 Fix some broken links in Cygwin FAQ
GNU no longer encourages the use of documentation mirrors, to avoid
referring to obsolete documentation.  Also www.fsf.org/manual/ is
just a redirect to www.gnu.org/manual/

Links to using-utils.html #fragments are no longer correct as each utility
is now a separate page, since 646745cb.

indiana.edu seems to have moved XLiveCD information, without a redirect.

Linking to clean_setup.pl on cygwin.com doesn't work, as direct downloads
aren't allowed, so instead state where it can be found on a mirror.

Signed-off-by: Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
2016-12-15 13:02:31 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 54c284caf2 Remove XP and Server 2003 from documentation
Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
2016-06-24 23:21:10 +02:00
Corinna Vinschen 6e623e9320 Switching the Cygwin DLL to LGPLv3+, dropping commercial buyout option
Bump GPLv2+ to GPLv3+ for some files, clarify BSD 2-clause.

Everything else stays under GPLv3+.

New Linking Exception exempts resulting executables from LGPLv3 section 4.

Add CONTRIBUTORS file to keep track of licensing.

Remove 'Copyright Red Hat Inc' comments.

Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
2016-06-23 10:09:17 +02:00
Corinna Vinschen db9a8c9983 * Throughout, replace http with https as far as cygwin.com and
sourceware.org URLs are concerned.
	* Throughout, simplify ulink expressions if the visible text is the
	URL anyway.
	* faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.dll-relocatable): Remove.
	* faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.name-with-space): Change for 1.7.34.
	(faq.setup.home): Ditto.
	* faq-using.xml (faq.using.printing): Clarify old links and availability
	of a2ps and file.
	(faq.using.xemacs): Drop outdated version info and pointers to native
	XEmacs.
	(faq.using.ntemacs): Remove.
	* faq-what.xml (faq.what.what): Rephrase to reflect reality.
	(faq.what.supported): Ditto.
	(faq.what.who): Rephrase slightly.
	* legal.xml: Bump copyright.
	* setup-net.xml (internet-setup): Fix references to setup executables.
2015-02-03 13:48:43 +00:00
Yaakov Selkowitz c0a211cc3e * faq-what.xml (faq.what.who): Remove mention of retired setup
maintainers.  Add link to cygwin-pkg-maint.
2014-08-03 19:53:24 +00:00
Yaakov Selkowitz 02206cd3e4 * faq-what.xml (faq.what.who): CGF has retired. 2014-08-01 01:29:46 +00:00
Christopher Faylor 25833f57c1 * faq-setup.xml: Minor snapshot instruction rewording. Update discussion about
setup*.exe.
* faq-using.xml: Update information about setup*.exe.
* faq-what.xml: Ditto.
2014-01-29 19:01:53 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 111af357c2 * faq-copyright.xml: Fix link to license.
* faq-using.xml: Ditto.
	* faq-what.xml: Ditto.
2013-06-05 09:36:58 +00:00
Warren Young 8142972d87 Modernized user guide, API reference, and FAQ generation. Overall
effect is to move away from DocBook SGML and DJ Delorie's doctool and
toward pure DocBook XSL.  (There remains just one use of doctool, and
we have plans for replacing it, too.)  See ChangeLog for details.
2013-05-01 23:30:25 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 61522196c7 * Merge in cygwin-64bit-branch. 2013-04-23 09:44:36 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen d420513d39 * faq-what.xml (faq.what.supported): Mention Windows 8 and Server 2012.
Change sentence on native 64 bit version.
2013-03-27 16:12:30 +00:00
Christopher Faylor f594bcf771 * faq-what.xml: Fix typos, clarify responsibility slightly. 2012-09-04 00:19:00 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 138f3e0cbd Throughout remove NT4 from documentation.
* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document change in passwd command.
2011-05-02 11:56:36 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen a7616a21a2 * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.8): Document dropped NT4 pre-SP4 support.
* faq-what.xml (faq.what.supported): Change accordingly.
	* ntsec.sgml (ntsec-mapping): Add 2008 R2.
2010-09-27 16:37:57 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 07271a4b02 * faq-using.xml (faq.using.ipv6): Try to clarify OS specific support.
* faq-what.xml (faq.what.supported): Add Windows 7 and 2008 R2.
	* new-features.sgml: Add "and later" to rcmd news.
2009-07-23 08:49:06 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 7bdb64ea18 * faq: Throughout, revert references to User's Guide to default URL. 2009-07-20 10:10:48 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 3d69426491 * setup2.sgml (setup-locale-console): New section to explain
console character set setting.
	* faq: Throughout, change references to User's Guide to references
	to 1.7 User's Guide temporarily.
	* faq-setup.html (faq.using.unicode): Rephrase slightly.
	(faq.using.weirdchars): New FAQ entry for console charset problems.
2009-04-07 13:04:43 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen c2da1d6ebf * faq-programming.xml: Revamp (mostely) for Cygwin 1.7.
* faq-what.xml: Ditto.
2009-02-11 18:22:50 +00:00
Christopher Faylor 51aa4c032b * faq-using.xml: Remove assertion that lpr doesn't exit.
* faq-what.xml: Remove ancient who's who data.
2008-11-30 22:37:45 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen aa7eeef93a * faq-what.xml: Remove paragraph about and link to stoneage old
history.html file.
2007-09-25 17:03:59 +00:00
Joshua Daniel Franklin facdd5dd4a 2005-10-02 Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin@yahoo.com>
* faq-what.xml: Add 2003 and WOW64 to "supported" FAQ.
	* faq-programming.xml: Fix cygexec FAQ, building link.
2005-10-02 20:56:53 +00:00
Joshua Daniel Franklin 7b96339c80 2005-09-25 Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin@yahoo.com>
* faq.xml: Remove copyright section, link to license.html
	* faq-sections.xml: Remove copyright section, link to license.html
	* faq-programming.xml: Remove confusing reference to Red Hat.
	* faq-what.xml: Reword "supported" FAQ.
2005-09-26 00:29:51 +00:00
Joshua Daniel Franklin 7a582da599 2005-08-26 Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin@yahoo.com>
* Makefile.in: Remove extra anchor to make NN4 happy.
	* faq.xml: Link to cygwin.com/license.html
	* faq-resources.xml: Link instead of duplicating info.
	* faq-using.xml: Split out services and network shares FAQ.
	* faq-what.xml: Link to cygwin.com/license.html
2005-08-27 01:32:36 +00:00
Joshua Daniel Franklin 2041777dee Update to switch FAQ from texinfo to DocBook. 2005-08-06 05:14:41 +00:00