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

[Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>]

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.

>> Actually, I'd suggest "cygwin-setup-dev" instead of "cygwin-setup" for
>> similar reasons.
>
>I agree.  I'd even go with "cygwin-setup-developers" (hey, I don't care
>how long the list name is, I'll have an alias for it anyway).

I agree.  I think cygwin-setup-developers is more consistent naming.

>P.S. It's one more list for me to track, but I do recognize the necessity.

Personally, I like having more mailing lists.  It is the same amount of email
but it makes tracking and sorting of discussions easier.

cgf