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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 20:42:28 -0400
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Subject: Re: perl-5.6.0 ready for test! (IMPORTANT READ THIS MESSAGE ON MAINTAINER STATUS!)
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In-Reply-To: <8600BF007197944F8DD3906E40CB428005D83C@itdomain001.itdomain.net.au>; from robert.collins@itdomain.com.au on Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 10:39:46AM +1000

On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 10:39:46AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
>The set of mailing lists sounds almost like a set of FAQ's - maintained
>by one person per FAQ...
>
>Perhaps a set of FAQ's and a matching set of mail alias's 
>ie PERL-CYGWIN FAQ hanging off the existing FAQ at the index, and 
>perl-cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com - goes to the perl maintainer, and they
>/dev/null or update the FAQ as appropriate.
>
>I think separating support for the application issues from the "kernel"
>or portability layer is a very good idea.

Hmm.  I like this!  We could even set up FAQ-O-MATIC on the cygwin web pages.

cgf