Re: cygwin-setup-dev (was: RE: Create a cygwin-setup mailing list?)

["Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>]

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 10:08:14AM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>> On Thu, 10 Apr 2003, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote:
>> 
>>> [snip] I'd suggest though that "cygwin-apps" be renamed to something
>>> more descriptive of its purpose, e.g. "cygwin-packaging",
>>> "cygwin-app-packaging", etc.  It'd reduce the incidence of folks
>>> wandering in here looking for help with apps.
>> 
>> <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#APPS> ;-)
> 
> I've toyed with the idea of renaming the group and I think I've even
> suggested it myself.  I still have a problem with the concept of people
> noticing that the cygwin-apps mailing list exists, ignoring any
> documentation on what it is used for, and sending bug report messages to
> the list.  I think society owes it to those people to correct their
> general way of doing things.
> 
> That plus the fact that it is a *real* pain to rename a mailing list has
> stopped me from seriously considering doing anything.

Create new and deprecate old?


Max.