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@section Programming Questions
@subsection How do I contribute a package?
If you are willing to be a package maintainer, great. We urgently need
volunteers to prepare and maintain packages, because the priority of the
Cygwin Team is Cygwin itself.
There will be a separate web page where all the details are documented,
but this is not prepared yet. Meanwhile, pore through the cygwin-apps
mailing archives (start at @file{http://cygwin.com/lists.html}), and
subscribe. Charles Wilson posted a short recipe of what's involved,
using texinfo as an example,
at @file{http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2000-11/msg00055.html}. This
should give you an idea of what is required.
You should announce your intentions to the general cygwin list, in case
others were thinking the same thing.
@subsection Why are compiled executables so huge?!?
By default, gcc compiles in all symbols. You'll also find that gcc

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There is no "which" command with Cygwin. However, you can use the bash
shell builtin "type" which does something similar.
@subsection Why isn't package XXXX available in Cygwin? (Or, why is your package so out of date?)
Probably because there is nobody willing or able to maintain it. It
takes time, and the priority for the Cygwin Team is the Cygwin package.
The rest is a volunteer effort. Want to contribute? See below.
@subsection How can I access other drives?
You have some flexibility here.