On Nov 3 18:10, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: > On Tue, 2015-11-03 at 18:23 -0500, Ken Brown wrote: > > On 11/3/2015 3:06 AM, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: > > > I just created a new 'announce' feature branch in cygport git: > > > > > > https://github.com/cygwinports/cygport/tree/announce > > > > > > The new 'announce' command generates an announcement template from > > > the .cygport file based on NAME/VERSION/RELEASE, PKG_NAMES, and > > > DESCRIPTION, to which you can easily add release-specific information, > > > and then sends the message via an SMTP server. Note that this adds > > > > This is a nice feature. Thanks. > > > > > dependencies on perl-Authen-SASL, perl-MIME-tools, and > > > > perl-MIME-tools isn't in the distro yet. > > Good point, I just moved it in from Ports. > > > If there's no mailserver configured, I'd like to see cygport save the > > mbox file in the current directory and give an informational message, > > rather than saving it in /tmp and giving an error message. Users might > > want to simply paste it into an email, and the error message seems a > > little unfriendly. > > First, I have already changed SMTP_SERVER to default to localhost, > matching git's behaviour. (If it wasn't already painfully obvious, this > is all modelled after git send-email.) Therefore, the error message now > reflects an actual failure to send the message. As for the location of > the mbox file, it's something I'm willing to consider.
I agree with Ken. $PWD or perhaps $HOME would be nice. $PWD seems the most obvious choice. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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