On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 08:13:03PM -0600, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 10:39:08AM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 03:39:03PM +0100, Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote: >>>This message is intended mostly for the Cygwin core developers. >>> >>>I will be quitting my job mid februari (the 13th) and moving to Canada where >>>I won't start searching for a job until at least three weeks after our >>>arrival (I'll be looking after my daughter in stead). As I don't expect >>>taking care of my daughter will take all of my time, I have some time left >>>on my hands. >>> >>>I've been using Cygwin for quite a while now and would like to use the time >>>I'll have on my hands to do something useful for Cygwin. Since the last time >>>I wanted to offer my time (which finally didn't work out mostly because my >>>employer didn't want to sign the necessary paperwork) I've gotten the rust >>>off my C++ skills (and haven't let my other development skills rust either). >>> >>>So if you think the project can use a developer for three to four weeks, I'll >>>be happy to help out. Just point me to something you would like me to do :) >> >> It's very nice of you to offer. I think the biggest thing we could use help >> on is documentation. Going over the documents, removing obsolete bits, >> clarifying obscure stuff, etc. I don't want to step on Joshua's toes here so >> maybe he'll correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the docs could use some >> work. > > Chris is absolutely right. There are a lot of things that I have not been > able to touch, for example the API Reference needs updating and examples. > Additionally it's a good idea to have someone else read over things since > something that makes sense to me might be nonsense to everyone else. > > If this sounds like something you'd be interested in doing, I'd be happy > to help you get a working documentation-build system and answer any questions > about it. I know documentation isn't as "fun" as implementing features, but > it definitely helps users. I'd be happy to help out with the documentation. As for the documentation build system: what do I need?
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