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From: Andrew Schulman <andrex AT alumni DOT utexas DOT net>
Subject: Re: A request for package announcers
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 10:12:21 -0500
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> Would it be possible to include a description of what the package
> actually is, in the email announcement?  Even if it's very short.
> 
> Often you can't tell from the package name alone.

Yes, this is reasonable.  Someone else asked for the same thing in this 
NG within the last week.

Maybe the cygwin-announce moderator should set and enforce this policy.

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