Re: A new method of storing package data base information, proposingpackages, and announcing updates

[Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

Dan,

I didn't have the time to review this in detail, but one suggestion is
below...

On Mon, 3 May 2004, Daniel Reed wrote:

> [snip]
> This is what I would like to implement:
>
> Creating an initial ticket:
>  Go to http://example.com/package-maint/, fill out form with information
> and email address. ALTERNATIVELY: Send new-style setup.hint to
> <package-maint@example.com>.

If you could interface with the list subscriber information, it would
probably make sense to only accept messages from people who are subscribed
to cygwin-apps.  Also, maybe the above address should be
<cygwin-maint@example.com> (or <cygwin-package-maint@example.com>)...
HTH,
	Igor

> [snip]
> Anyway, is this crackrock? Good stuff? Suggest any tweaks?

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