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| author | David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> | 2000-12-12 17:42:21 +0000 |
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| committer | David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> | 2000-12-12 17:42:21 +0000 |
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diff --git a/winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo b/winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo index 775c3a9..fb0145c 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo +++ b/winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo @@ -1,5 +1,22 @@ @section Programming Questions +@subsection How do I contribute a package? + +If you are willing to be a package maintainer, great. We urgently need +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 +should give you an idea of what is required. + +You should announce your intentions to the general cygwin list, in case +others were thinking the same thing. + @subsection Why are compiled executables so huge?!? By default, gcc compiles in all symbols. You'll also find that gcc |