RE: setup.hint

["Morrison, John" <John dot Morrison at uk dot experian dot com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Corinna Vinschen [mailto:vinschen@redhat.com]
> 
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 09:21:44AM -0000, Morrison, John wrote:
> > Would it be a good idea for the setup.hint file to have 
> something along the
> > lines of:
> > 
> > Maintainer: John Morrison
> > Contact: John.Morrison@uk.experian.com
> > 
> > ?  This would allow folks to email the maintainer directly 
> without having to
> > bug the list.
> > For example, I didn't know that Corinna was the maintainer 
> of the 'which'
> > package.
> > 
> > Just an idea.
> 
> Ack!  I can see a good reason for a list of maintainer => package
> relations but I can very easily live without people bugging me
> in private email.
> 
> I can't even see any reason for private conversation about official 
> packages.  This is public property.  Questions, bug reports, etc.
> about packages or Cygwin itself should always go to the list, not
> to a single person.
> 
> Corinna

Fair enough.  Loose the email address then :)  But remember that
*very* few people download the setup.hint file.  I didn't even
realise it existed until I thought about producing a package and
I didn't realise it was available for download from the mirrors
before this morning and I've been using Cygwin for the last two
and a half years!

I just thought, when I'd had a question about the maintence of
X it would be nice to personally address the person (even if
the email goes to the list...)

BTW, what are the good reasons you can see for a list of
maintainer => package relationships?

J.


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