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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 542be2b2..d6c1b92a 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> The current version of fetchmail is 3.9.6. New in the FAQ: -a new <a href="F3">F3</a> on tokens with a `no' prefix.<p> +a new <a href="F5">F5</a> on the fetchmail paper.<p> Before reporting any bug, please read <a href="#G3">G3</a> for advice on how to include diagnostic information that will get your bug fixed @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ fetchmail-friends-request@thyrsus.com</a>. <p> <a href="#G2">G2. Where do I find the latest FAQ and fetchmail sources?</a><br> <a href="#G3">G3. I think I've found a bug. Will you fix it?</a><br> <a href="#G4">G4. I have this idea for a neat feature. Will you add it?</a><br> +<a href="#G5">G5. So, what's this I hear about a fetchmail paper?</a><br> + <h1>Fetchmail configuration file grammar questions:</h1> @@ -183,6 +185,21 @@ problem that can't be handled anywhere but fetchmail, lay it on me. I'm very accommodating about good ideas.<p> <hr> +<h2><a name="G5">G5. So, what's this I hear about a fetchmail paper?</a></h2> + +Now it can be told! The fetchmail development was also a sociological +experiment, an extended test to see if my theory about the critical +features of the Linux development model is correct.<p> + +The experiment was a success. I wrote a paper about it titled +<a href="http://www.ccil.org/~esr/writings/cathedral.html">The +Cathedral and the Bazaar</a> which was first presented at Linux +Kongress '97 in Bavaria and very well received there. <p> + +If you're reading a non-HTML dump of this FAQ, you can find the paper +on the Web with a search for that title.<p> + +<hr> <h2><a name="F1">F1. Why does my .fetchmailrc from 2.8 or earlier no longer work?</a></h2> The `<tt>interface</tt>', `<tt>monitor</tt>' and @@ -954,7 +971,7 @@ without hacking potentially fragile startup scripts. To get around it, just touch(1) the logfile before you run fetchmail (this will have no effect on the contents of the logfile if it already exists).<P> -$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.17 1997/05/27 18:20:39 esr Exp $<p> +$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.18 1997/05/28 14:44:40 esr Exp $<p> <HR> <ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |