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Date:	Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:15:08 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: OCLA - Add RFC
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On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 01:51:43PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> >On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 01:22:53PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of asmith
> >> >> Sent: 26 October 2004 13:18
> >> >
> >> >> 0a.important.mail
> >> >
> >> >  Not so important you have to send it every ten minutes!
> >> >
> >> >> RFC not in list
> >> >>
> >> >> Request for Comment
> >> >
> >> >  My comment is that it's not cygwin-specific.
> >>
> >> And, hasn't been used very much, if at all for cygwin.
> >>
> >> Maybe we need a disclaimer at the top of the acronym page which asks
> >> people not to send in their favorite acronyms unless they pertain to
> >> something which has pertinence to the cygwin mailing lists.
> >
> >Heh...
> >
> >Isn't what there is now:
> >
> >	This document should present most acronyms you're likely to find
> >	on the Cygwin mailing list, with an explanation and a brief
> >	history for some. If you can't find an acronym you're looking for
> >	here, try another acronym resource, like The Canonical Acronym
> >	List or AcronymFinder.com.
> >
> >and
> >
> >	I will add more acronyms as I encounter them on the list.
> >
> >clear enough?  Guess not...  I'll think of some better ways of saying
> >this.
>
> I was thinking of a specific enjoinder *not* to send "out of the blue"
> suggestions unless you've been reading the list for a while and are
> familiar with the "cygwin mailing list culture".

Would changing

	If you see an acronym not listed here on the list, please send
	comments and suggestions to the Cygwin list.

to

	If you see an acronym not listed here *on one of the Cygwin
	lists*, please send comments and suggestions to the Cygwin list.

work? (emphasis mine)

> Yeah.  That'll work.  Or, as a guy I used to work with was fond of
> saying "Just use common sense!"

Umm, that probably won't work.  People usually have very differing notions
of what "sense" is "common". :-)
	Igor
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