Re: Setup.exe and accessability

["amores perros" <lifelines_3_0_18@hotmail.com>]

>Sorry Igor.  One must always submit a patch in order to post to
>this email list.  Please reformulate all your email (retroactively)
>to be posts in the form of a patch.  Chris, is there any way to
>block posts to this list that aren't patches?  Oops!  My email isn't
>a patch either! ;-) ;-) ;-)


Actually I believe it is democratic.
I was insulted both on & off list for the patch I
submitted, so it isn't discrimination against people
who do not submit patches...

Now another patch for consideration -- I add a paragraph
to the lists.html which says that if you get a sarcastic
response, it may not be personal. I don't know if you all will
want this of course, but I offer it freely as a suggestion.

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** ChangeLog entry
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2002-10-27 Perry Rapp

        * lists.html

        Added a paragraph to encourage newbies to take sarcasm lightly.

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** patch (cvs -q diff -up lists.html)
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Index: lists.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/cygwin/htdocs/lists.html,v
retrieving revision 1.106
diff -u -p -r1.106 lists.html
--- lists.html  15 Sep 2002 20:43:02 -0000      1.106
+++ lists.html  28 Oct 2002 00:26:11 -0000
@@ -58,6 +58,15 @@ observations.  This means that if you <e
need to present yourself in such a fashion that people will want to help
you.  So, think thrice, post once.</p>

+<p>As we've mentioned, there are many repeat questions, and posts by
+newbies which rather rudely insist on immediate features, so some of
+the developers (many of whom are volunteers) are sometimes brusque or
+sarcastic. If you receive a discouraging response, it may not be
+because of who you are, but merely because you happen to be the second,
+fourth, or fiftieth person asking the question. So if you would try to
+take any sarcasm lightly, we would appreciate it.
+
+
<p>Finally, make sure when you send a message to a Cygwin list that it
actually has <em>something to do with Cygwin</em>.  What do we mean by
that?  Well, if you can't install the Cygwin C compiler, then that has


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