Re: Short-term to-do list

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

----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold Hunt" <huntharo@msu.edu>
To: "Cygx (E-mail)" <cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 8:39 AM
Subject: Short-term to-do list


> Looking over today and yesterday's posts I've realized that the
> Cygwin/XFree86 needs to take a few steps to minimize confusion, so
here is
> my proposed to-do list for the project.
>
> 1) Add an xdmcp section to the User's Guide (me)
> 2) Roll new Cygwin/XFree86 binary tarballs with these changes
(Suhaib?)
> A) Remove the OS branching from startxwin.bat
> B) Remove XWin95.exe from the tarball
> C) Replace XWin.exe in the tarball with the XWin.exe
> from Test 17.
> 3) On Cygwin/XFree86's home page, remove all references to
> incompatibility with Windows 95/98/Me (Robert Collins, or me?)

You're welcome to do so: There are a couple of requirements though:
1) Don't use MS tools for the editing.
2) test your page via the w3 html & stylesheet conformance checkers
before uploading. If it fails, fix it first!

I'm happy to take text diffs and put them in if that's easier for you.

> 4) Rename the shadow framebuffer test series to just the
> development series (me)
> 5) Cleanup the Cygwin/XFree86 development page to indicate the current
> status; remove references to previous test series.
> 6) Create an outline for a Contributor's Guide (me, mailing list
members)
> 7) Modify the User's Guide to indicate that Cygwin/XFree86 operates
> on all versions of Windows. (me)
> 8) Collect suggestions for the User's Guide (me, mailing list members)
>
> In short, we need to release the Cygwin/XFree86 development series as
the
> new stable series.  I believe that the fixes made in Test 17 will be
> sufficient for an initial stable release.
>
> We're currently wasting time answering questions that could be avoided
by
> completing the items in the list above.
>
> Thanks for you interest in the project, and start submitting
suggestions for
> the User's Guide and the Contributor's Guide,
>
> Harold
>
>