Christian Franke wrote:
> The email generated by the cygport announce command is useful, but 
> actual use cases are somewhat limited due to the hard-coded email 
> submission.
>
> The attached patch adds more flexibility. The patch is on top of the 
> "Use correct wording if only one package is announced" patch.

Slightly changed patch attached. Also adjusted to new version of "Use 
correct wording if only one package is announced" patch.


>
> Examples for cygport.conf settings:
>
> ANNOUNCE_EDITOR='printf "\\nRegards,\\n$PN package maintainer\\n" >>"$1"'
>
> ANNOUNCE_EDITOR='
> n=$(wc -l <"$1") && cat >>"$1" <<EOF &&
>
>   >>> This is an update to the latest upstream release.
>   >>> This is a bugfix release.
>   <<< PLEASE EDIT >>>
>
> Regards,
> $PN package maintainer
> EOF
> vim +$((n+2)) "$1" && ! grep -E "<<<|>>>" "$1"
> '
>
> ANNOUNCE_TO_CMD='cat "$1" >/dev/clipboard'
>
> ANNOUNCE_TO_CMD='
> sed "1,/^\$/d" "$1" >$PF-announcement.txt &&
> echo "Announcement placed here: $(pwd)/$PF-announcement.txt"
> '
>
> ANNOUNCE_TO_CMD='
> /usr/local/sbin/custom-mailer \
>   --sender="$SMTP_SENDER" \
>   --smarthost="$SMTP_SERVER" \
>   ...more...options... \
>   cygwin-announce@cygwin.com <"$1"
> '
>

Possible (better?) alternative names for the new settings:
ANNOUNCEMENT_EDITOR
ANNOUNCEMENT_MAILER