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Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 20:31:04 +0300
From: egor duda <deo AT logos-m DOT ru>
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To: Christopher Faylor <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: setup.exe suggestion - link announcements to releases
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Hi!

Monday, 05 November, 2001 Christopher Faylor cgf AT redhat DOT com wrote:

CF> After reading Corinna's reply to a cygwin mailing list message, it
CF> occurred to me that if the releases that people see in setup.exe could
CF> somehow be linked to the announcements, we could cut down on the amount
CF> of email from people who don't check or don't know how to check on these
CF> things.

CF> It could be as simple as adding a "check release announcement" which
CF> just did starts a browser with a cygwin-announce search term.

wouldn't we better include important info about updating in the
package itself, or along with it?

not that i'm a big setup.exe fan, but reducing amount of noise in
mailing list is certainly a good thing.

Egor.            mailto:deo AT logos-m DOT ru ICQ 5165414 FidoNet 2:5020/496.19