Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/10/15/13:20:20
Hi,
I would like to suggest and request that "cygcheck -s" output not be
included in the body of postings to the Cygwin mailing list. Because that
output includes a list of packages, DLLs and key executables, including it
in the body of a message can cause many false hits when searching the list
archives for message pertinent to a particular program, package or library.
For this reason, I believe it's distinctly preferable to place that output
in an attachment.
Perhaps when cygcheck output is solicited in pursuit of a problem diagnosis
the person requesting that output could include a reminder of the
preference for placing that output in an attachment?
I don't think this is the sort of thing to enforce the way UCE is blocked
and that merely suggesting this change in practice won't eliminate it even
if everyone were to agree, but if we could start to shift the general
practice regarding posting of cygcheck output to one of preferring
attachments, it would improve the "signal-to-noise" ratio for those putting
in the effort of searching for answers already extant in the list archives
before posting.
Randy
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