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Subject: Re: Apps maintainer -- do you want your name/email address in a public place
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 11:58:56 +1100
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
> >If we are just going to push everything via cygwin AT cygwin DOT com, I see
no
> >point having a 'email' field.
>
> I guess it would be up to the package maintainer to suggest what the
> appropriate mail address would be.  I'm not sure that I'd be happy
> seeing cygwin users cropping up in gdb AT sources DOT redhat DOT com.

I think the package maintainer _and_ the package vendor need to agree
and set this. If the vendor isn't consulted, then cygwin AT cygwin DOT com is
the happy default.

> However, I think that in the majority of cases cygwin AT cygwin is the
> correct place to post bugs.  It's like in the gcc mailing list when
> someone reports a problem with gcc 2.96.47 from Red Hat 7.2.  The
> response is always "Talk to Red Hat".

Agreed.