Date: Tue, 04 Jul 1995 22:00:12 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Peter Dufault: Mailing List Charters Message-ID: <3401.804920412@freefall.cdrom.com>
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Please integrate as you best see fit.. Thanks!
Jordan
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In-Reply-To: <24652.799621076@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at May 4, 95 01:57:56 pm
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Attached is my slightly cleaned up version of the mailing list charters.
The only feedback I got (other than a few "it would be great if the
garbage was stopped") was from Joerg. All in all,
a resounding silence.
Do with this as you will. I think it is an improvement over
what we have now.
There are two "???".
Peter
THE FREEBSD MAILING LIST FAQ
$Id: mailing-list.FAQ,v 1.1 1995/03/21 20:19:32 jkh Exp $
- --
Though many of the FreeBSD development members read USENET, we cannot
always guarantee that we'll get to your questions in a timely fashion
(or at all) if you post them only to one of the comp.os.386bsd.*
groups. By addressing your questions to the appropriate mailing list
you will reach both us and a concentrated FreeBSD audience, invariably
assuring a better (or at least faster) response.
There are list charters at the bottom of this document. Please read
the list charter before joining a list. We must strive to
keep the signal to noise ratio of the lists high, especially in
the technical lists.
LIST SUMMARY
General lists: The following are general lists that anyone is free to join:
List Purpose
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
freebsd-announce Important events / milestones
freebsd-bugs Bug reports
freebsd-chat Non technical items related to the community
freebsd-policy Policy issues and suggestions
freebsd-questions User questions
freebsd-current Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Technical lists: The following are the technical lists. You should
read the charter carefully before joining them, and you should keep
your e-mail within the scope of the guidelines.
List Purpose
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
freebsd-doc Documentation project
freebsd-fs Filesystems
freebsd-hackers General Technical discussions
freebsd-hardware General discussion of FreeBSD hardware
freebsd-platforms Porting to Non-Intel platforms
freebsd-ports Discussion of "ports"
freebsd-security Security issues
freebsd-scsi SCSI subsystem
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Limited lists: The following are limited lists that you will need
approval to join. Even though access to these lists is controled,
anyone is free to send suggestions and comments to them. It is a
good idea establish a presence in the technical lists before asking
to join one of these limited lists.
List Purpose
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freebsd-admin Administrative issues
freebsd-arch Architecture and design discussions
freebsd-core FreeBSD core team
freebsd-install Installation development
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CVS lists: The following lists are for people seeing the log messages
for source changes in specific areas:
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cvs-bin /usr/src/bin System binaries
cvs-etc /usr/src/etc System files
cvs-games /usr/src/games Games
cvs-gnu /usr/src/gnu GPL'd utilities
cvs-include /usr/src/include Include files
cvs-kerberosIV /usr/src/kerberosIV Kerberos encryption code
cvs-lib /usr/src/lib System libraries
cvs-libexec /usr/src/libexec System binaries
cvs-ports /usr/ports Ported software
cvs-sbin /usr/src/sbin System binaries
cvs-share /usr/src/share System shared files
cvs-sys /usr/src/sys Kernel
cvs-usrbin /usr/src/usr.bin Use binaries
cvs-usrsbin /usr/src/usr.sbin System binaries
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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And include the keyword
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^D
If you want to subscribe yourself under a different name, or submit a
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if you have several interested parties at one site, and highly appreciated by
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^D
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help
^D
Finally, we again request that you keep the technical mailing lists on
a technical track. If you're only interested in the "high points",
then it's suggested that you join freebsd-announce, which will contain
only infrequent traffic.
LIST CHARTERS
FREEBSD-ADMIN Administrative issues
???
FREEBSD-ANNOUNCE Important events / milestones
This is the mailing list for people interested only in occasional
announcements of significant freebsd events. This includes
announcements about snapshots and other releases. It contains
announcements of new FreeBSD capabilities. It may contain calls
for volunteers etc. This is a low volume list.
FREEBSD-ARCH Architecture and design discussions
This is the mailing list for people discussing FreeBSD architectural
issues. It is a closed list, and not for general subscription.
FREEBSD-BUGS Bug reports
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Whenever possible, bugs should be
submitted using "send-pr".
FREEBSD-CHAT Non technical items related to the community
This list contains the overflow from the other lists about
non-technical, social information. It includes discussion about
whether Jordan looks like a tune ferret or not, whether or not to
type in capitals, who is drinking too much coffee, where the best
beer is brewed, who is brewing beer in their basement, and so on.
Occasional announcements of important events (such as upcoming
parties, weddings, births, new jobs, etc) can be made to the
technical lists, but the follow ups should be directed to this
- -chat list.
FREEBSD-CORE FreeBSD core team
???
Could a core member please describe this list? Even if it is "This is
the internal core mailing list." I would prefer to see a description of
what is supposed to be on it.
FREEBSD-CURRENT Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current
This is the mailing list for users of freebsd-current. It includes
warnings about new features coming out in -current that will affect the
users, and instructions on steps that must be taken to remain -current.
Anyone running "current" must subscribe to this list.
FREEBSD-DOC Documentation project
This mailing list belongs to the FreeBSD Doc Project
FREEBSD-FS Filesystems
Discussions concerning FreeBSD filesystems.
FREEBSD-HACKERS Technical discussions
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is the primary technical mailing list. It
is for individuals actively working on FreeBSD, to bring up problems
or discuss alternative solutions. Individuals interested in
following the technical discussion are also welcome.
FREEBSD-HARDWARE General discussion of FreeBSD hardware
General discussion about the types of hardware that FreeBSD runs on,
various problems and suggestions concerning what to buy or avoid.
FREEBSD-INSTALL Installation discussion
This is the mailing list for people discussing FreeBSD installation
development for the 2.0 release.
FREEBSD-PLATFORMS Porting to Non-Intel platforms
Cross-platform freebsd issues, general discussion and proposals for
non-Intel FreeBSD ports.
FREEBSD-POLICY Policy issues and suggestions
This is a forum for policy discussions related to FreeBSD. This
includes where FreeBSD is going, how to set up a consortium, whether
or not and how to make FreeBSD pay for itself, how to attract more
users, and so on. When a topic relates directly to FreeBSD but has
little or no technical content then it should be sent to this list.
FREEBSD-PORTS Discussion of "ports"
Discussions concerning FreeBSD's "ports collection" (/usr/ports), proposed
ports, modifications to ports collection infrastructure and general
coordination efforts.
FREEBSD-QUESTIONS User questions
This is the mailing list for questions about FreeBSD. You should not
send "how to" questions to the technical lists unless you consider the
question to be pretty technical.
FREEBSD-SCSI SCSI subsystem
This is the mailing list for people working on the scsi subsystem
for FreeBSD.
FREEBSD-SECURITY Security issues
FreeBSD computer security issues (DES, Kerberos, known security holes and
fixes, etc).
Thank you!
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Peter Dufault Real Time Machine Control and Simulation
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