Re: Hurd FAQ

[Frédéric HENRY]

The Wed, 21 Jan 2004 14:01:03 +0100 (MET), 
Alfred M. Szmidt sent:


>    +the default microkernel at install, but some things are still
>    missing+(or not working), such as the new console's vga client,
>    XFree86, ...
> 
> I think it should be: s/console's/consoles/, but not I'm sure.

I think that it is the client of the console, so the console's client,
but english is not my native language, so neither I am :)


>    +`-u' to GNU diff).  It is helpful for us if you also use the `-p'
>    option+which includes information about the function changed by a
>    patch.+Changes that are similar can be grouped together in one
>    file, but+unrelated changes should be sent in separate files.  The
>    patches can be+included in the message or as a MIME attachment. 
>    They should not be+compressed and/or archived unless they are very
>    large, and if they are+very large it is probably better to store
>    them on-line at some place and+only send an URL.
> 
>     Write a ChangeLog entry for each change, following the format of
>     the existing files.  Here is an example:
> 
> I would suggest that we just refer to the GNU Coding Standards.

By "just", do you mean instead of the ChangeLog part or instead of the
whole question ?

>    - vim:ts=8:sw=8:tw=72
> 
> I don't see the point in removing that.
> 

I don't remember either, 'guess I'll put it back :)


> 
> Cheers.

Thanks! (for the rest of your comments, i'll update the FAQ as soon as
possible)