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@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ ***Project Documentation*** +(!) Please note that documentation is incomplete and can be very outdated (!) + - [Compile fases](docs/COMPILE.md) - [Mirrors](docs/MIRRORS.md) @@ -14,6 +16,8 @@ - [Incomplete TODO list](docs/TODO.md) +- [FAQ](docs/FAQ.md) + ## Goal The `fases` project tries to provide friendly, functionnal and simple core @@ -22,6 +26,9 @@ be entirely portable and working on any UNIX-like Operating System and kernel such as OpenBSD and Linux. It also tries to be completly modular and as such one utility should **not** depend on another in order to work. The coreutils are still a work-in-progress. +The `fases` utilities are currently tested on Artix, Alpine, OpenBSD, OS X and +FreeBSD. We expect all utilities to work on all systems implementing POSIX +due to us using only POSIX-compliant functions. ## Directory structure diff --git a/docs/FAQ.md b/docs/FAQ.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d97d6ad --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/FAQ.md @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +# fases - Ferass' Base System + +*Simple coreutils for a fully functionnal UNIX-like system* + +[« Go back](../README.md) + +## FAQ + +Here are questions someone could ask. Read it! It could answer some of your +questions. + +Q: Why another coreutils? There's already GNU, Busybox, OpenBSD's, and some more. + +A: Most coreutils are either non-POSIX or use non-portable functions not +specified by POSIX. The `fases` project separates POSIX and non-POSIX +utilities while others do not. Some have also quite complex code, making it +harder to study the code. + +[We're not trying to trash other coreutils. A lot of them +(Busybox, OpenBSD, ...) are actually really good] + +Q: Is fases going to work on <insert UNIX-like operating system name here>? + +A: Well, it depends on the system itself. If your system implements POSIX +functions in its libc, then it'll work. Utilities are currently tested on +- OpenBSD ; + +- FreeBSD ; + +- OS X/Mac OS X/MacOS (just a little) ; + +- Artix Linux and Arch Linux ; + +- Alpine Linux. + +No. `fases` will never work on Microsoft Windows. + +--- + +More coming soon. |