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Date: | Mon, 5 Nov 2001 20:31:04 +0300 |
From: | egor duda <deo AT logos-m DOT ru> |
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To: | Christopher Faylor <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com> |
Subject: | Re: setup.exe suggestion - link announcements to releases |
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Hi! Monday, 05 November, 2001 Christopher Faylor cgf AT redhat DOT com wrote: CF> After reading Corinna's reply to a cygwin mailing list message, it CF> occurred to me that if the releases that people see in setup.exe could CF> somehow be linked to the announcements, we could cut down on the amount CF> of email from people who don't check or don't know how to check on these CF> things. CF> It could be as simple as adding a "check release announcement" which CF> just did starts a browser with a cygwin-announce search term. wouldn't we better include important info about updating in the package itself, or along with it? not that i'm a big setup.exe fan, but reducing amount of noise in mailing list is certainly a good thing. Egor. mailto:deo AT logos-m DOT ru ICQ 5165414 FidoNet 2:5020/496.19
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