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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:05:06 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: OCLA - Add RFC
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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".

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

cgf

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