Re: Supported platforms and code merge

["Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold Hunt" <Harold@compasstechnologies.com>
To: "Cygx (E-mail)" <cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com>
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 8:27 AM
Subject: RE: Supported platforms and code merge


> I don't see any such changes on the FAQ at
> http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/xfree/faq.html, are you referring to
> another FAQ?

No changes yet.. still getting CVS access sorted. "Planned changes"

> I agree that the how-to should reference the FAQ, but I do want to include
> at least some sort of pointer to the effect that, at the time of writing,
> Win9X is not supported.  Just so somebody doesn't waste their time. . .

I agree.. just getting in on the ground floor as they say.
I've never tried 9x, seen some posts on it though... I'll leave it to Suhaib


> Harold L Hunt II
> Phone: 800-850-1616 ext 108
> Email: harold@compasstechnologies.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Collins [mailto:robert.collins@itdomain.com.au]
> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 5:28 PM
> To: Cygx (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: Supported platforms and code merge
>
> Harold,
>     Did you get a chance to look at the cygwin X-free FAQ? I've got a list
> of things to be changed, which includes a lot of versioning style info.
>
> How about the how-to focus on the mechanics of installing, perhaps
> referencing the FAQ where extra information is needed? I;m suggesting this
> so we minimise the number of duplicate explanations we end up with - to
> minise our required maintenance efforts
>
> Rob
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Harold Hunt" <Harold@compasstechnologies.com>
> To: "Cygx (E-mail)" <cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 7:58 AM
> Subject: Supported platforms and code merge
>
>
> > Suhaib,
> >
> > Are the following statements correct?
> >
> > "Currently, the only supported Win32 platforms are Windows NT 4.0 SP4+
and
> > Windows 2000; Windows 95 and Windows 98 are not supported."
> >
> > "Cygwin allows the compilation of the XFree86 source on Win32; several
> > patches were made to the XFree86 source to make XFree86 actually compile
> and
> > run under Cygwin; it appears that those patches have been merged into
the
> > XFree86 4.0 source tree."
> >
> > Again, these are statement from my installation how-to, so I want to
make
> > sure that they are correct.  Thanks,
> >
> > Harold L Hunt II
> > Phone: 800-850-1616 ext 108
> > Email: harold@compasstechnologies.com
> >
> >
>