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diff --git a/ares/README.cares b/ares/README.cares index f9c2ba426..a879f975b 100644 --- a/ares/README.cares +++ b/ares/README.cares @@ -1,19 +1,21 @@ +c-ares +====== -This package is based on ares 1.1.1 (written by Greg Hudson). I've decided to -put together and release my own ares archives since the ares maintainer -doesn't want these improvements. +This package is based on ares 1.1.1 (written by Greg Hudson). I decided to +fork and release a separate project since the ares author didn't want the +improvements that were vital for our use of it. -The package is thus dubbed 'c-ares' since I (Daniel Stenberg) want this for -use within the curl project (hence the letter C) and it makes a nice -pun. Also, c-ares will not remain API compatible with the original ares, so -picking a new name makes it more obvious to the public. +This package is dubbed 'c-ares' since I (Daniel Stenberg) wanted this for use +within the curl project (hence the letter C) and it makes a nice pun. Also, +c-ares is not API compatible with ares: a new name makes that more obvious to +the public. The full source code is available in the 'c-ares' release archives, and in the 'ares' subdir of the curl CVS source repostitory. If you find bugs, correct flaws, have questions or have comments in general in regard to c-ares (or by all means the original ares too), get in touch with us -on the curl-library mailing list. +on the c-ares mailing list: http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/c-ares c-ares is of course distributed under the same MIT-style license as the original ares. |