Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-ID: <39B02374.C40A9DBA@ece.gatech.edu> Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 17:45:24 -0400 From: Charles Wilson X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.7 sun4u) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: Instructions for submitting patches References: <200009012048.QAA23916@envy.delorie.com> <39B016D9.3B1B5DE1@ece.gatech.edu> <200009012057.QAA24018@envy.delorie.com> <39B02137.7A8AE167@ece.gatech.edu> <200009012137.RAA24508@envy.delorie.com> <20000901173821.A30776@cygnus.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Chris Faylor wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 05:37:24PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > >>Oh, ok. Most other mailing lists specify gz.uue, > > > >Hmmm.... all the lists I'm on (mostly GNU lists) specify inline text. > >But, I did say *if* it will arrive uncorrupted. > > Ditto. I've even seen a complaint recently because someone posted > uuencoded text. > Okay, I give! :-) No more .gz.uue patches, I promise! I went back and spot-checked: gcc.gnu.org sez -- We accept patches as plain text (preferred for the compilers themselves), MIME attachments (preferred for the web pages), or as uuencoded gzipped text. So, gz.uue is the *least* preferable, but still (marginally) acceptable option. In other words, do plain text or MIME, please. Got it. --Chuck -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com