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Subject: Re: setup.exe needs package name selection filter
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Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 09:51:03AM +0900, wynfield AT gmail DOT com wrote:
>> I agree with reikred below.  Search, functionality would be greatly
>> appreciated.  It seems crude to have to scroll page by page and manually
>> look for a searched for package.
>>
>> But, I suspect that, this isn't the list to write about setup.exe
>> I believe it has its own list.
> 
> Yes.  It's called
> "make-setup DOT exe-demands-and-then-sit-back-and-wait-for-people-to-implement-your-profound-ideas AT cygwin DOT com"
> 
> cgf
> 

Oh, I was thinking about sending it through the 
"make-email-sound-more-humble AT cygwin DOT com" mailing-list
filter but then I forgot. ;-)

Please read it in the spirit of a suggestion of a feature
that I think could be VERY useful to a lot of people, not
just the 1% of cygwin users that know how to implement it.

rr



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