X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <46D6B970.7050300@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:34:56 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Setup suggestion: 'New' category References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Henry S. Thompson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I was reminded by the recent spate of new packages -- how hard would > it be for Setup to support a 'New' category, which new packages go > into automatically, and expire out after. . .three months? I only > update once every month or so, and often think "Now, what was that > cool new package I saw announced a few weeks ago?" and can't remember, > or be bothered to trawl the archives. . . Not to dismiss your idea but "trawling" the archives for this kind of information isn't hard, since you only need to look at the cygwin-annnounce list. This is a low volume list which only contains package announcements. It is a step external to 'setup.exe' though. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/