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><?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> ><!-- > The FreeBSD Documentation Project > > $FreeBSD: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources/chapter.xml 46832 2015-06-16 04:42:19Z allanjude $ >--> ><appendix xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" > xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0" > xml:id="eresources"> > > <title>Resources on the Internet</title> > > <para>The rapid pace of &os; progress makes print media > impractical as a means of following the latest developments. > Electronic resources are the best, if not often the only, way to > stay informed of the latest advances. Since &os; is a volunteer > effort, the user community itself also generally serves as a > <quote>technical support department</quote> of sorts, with > electronic mail, web forums, and USENET news being the most > effective way of reaching that community.</para> > > <para>The most important points of contact with the &os; user > community are outlined below. Please send other resources not > mentioned here to the &a.doc; so that they may also be > included.</para> > > <sect1 xml:id="eresources-www"> > <title>Websites</title> > > <itemizedlist> > <listitem> > <para><link xlink:href="https://forums.FreeBSD.org/">The > &os; Forums</link> provide a web based discussion forum > for &os; questions and technical > discussion.</para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para><link > xlink:href="http://planet.freebsdish.org/">Planet > &os;</link> offers an aggregation feed of dozens of blogs > written by &os; developers. Many developers use this to > post quick notes about what they are working on, new > patches, and other works in progress.</para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para>The <link > xlink:href="http://www.youtube.com/bsdconferences">BSDConferences > YouTube Channel</link> provides a collection of high > quality videos from BSD conferences around the world. > This is a great way to watch key developers give > presentations about new work in &os;.</para> > </listitem> > </itemizedlist> > </sect1> > > <sect1 xml:id="eresources-mail"> > <title>Mailing Lists</title> > > <para>The mailing lists are the most direct way of addressing > questions or opening a technical discussion to a concentrated > &os; audience. There are a wide variety of lists on a number of > different &os; topics. Sending questions to the most > appropriate mailing list will invariably assure a faster and > more accurate response.</para> > > <para>The charters for the various lists are given at the bottom > of this document. <emphasis>Please read the charter before > joining or sending mail to any list</emphasis>. Most list > subscribers receive many hundreds of &os; related messages every > day, and the charters and rules for use are meant to keep the > signal-to-noise ratio of the lists high. To do less would see > the mailing lists ultimately fail as an effective communications > medium for the Project.</para> > > <note> > <para><emphasis>To test the ability to send email to &os; lists, > send a test message to &a.test.name;.</emphasis> Please do > not send test messages to any other list.</para> > </note> > > <para>When in doubt about what list to post a question to, see > <link xlink:href="&url.articles.freebsd-questions;">How to get > best results from the FreeBSD-questions mailing > list</link>.</para> > > <para>Before posting to any list, please learn about how to best > use the mailing lists, such as how to help avoid > frequently-repeated discussions, by reading the > <link xlink:href="&url.articles.mailing-list-faq;">Mailing List > Frequently Asked Questions</link> (FAQ) document.</para> > > <para>Archives are kept for all of the mailing lists and can be > searched using the > <link xlink:href="&url.base;/search/index.html">&os; World Wide > Web server</link>. The keyword searchable archive offers an > excellent way of finding answers to frequently asked questions > and should be consulted before posting a question. Note that > this also means that messages sent to &os; mailing lists are > archived in perpetuity. When protecting privacy is a concern, > consider using a disposable secondary email address and posting > only public information.</para> > > <sect2 xml:id="eresources-summary"> > <title>List Summary</title> > > <para><emphasis>General lists:</emphasis> The following are > general lists which anyone is free (and encouraged) to > join:</para> > > <informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1"> > <tgroup cols="2"> > <thead> > <row> > <entry>List</entry> > <entry>Purpose</entry> > </row> > </thead> > > <tbody> > <row> > <entry>&a.advocacy.name;</entry> > <entry>&os; Evangelism</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.announce.name;</entry> > <entry>Important events and Project milestones > (moderated)</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.arch.name;</entry> > <entry>Architecture and design discussions</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.bugbusters.name;</entry> > <entry>Discussions pertaining to the maintenance of > the &os; problem report database and related > tools</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.bugs.name;</entry> > <entry>Bug reports</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.chat.name;</entry> > <entry>Non-technical items related to the &os; > community</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.chromium.name;</entry> > <entry>&os;-specific Chromium issues</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.current.name;</entry> > <entry>Discussion concerning the use of > &os.current;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.isp.name;</entry> > <entry>Issues for Internet Service Providers using > &os;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.jobs.name;</entry> > <entry>&os; employment and consulting > opportunities</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.questions.name;</entry> > <entry>User questions and technical support</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.security-notifications.name;</entry> > <entry>Security notifications (moderated)</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.stable.name;</entry> > <entry>Discussion concerning the use of > &os.stable;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.test.name;</entry> > <entry>Where to send test messages instead of to > one of the actual lists</entry> > </row> > </tbody> > </tgroup> > </informaltable> > > <para><emphasis>Technical lists:</emphasis> The following lists > are for technical discussion. Read the charter for each list > carefully before joining or sending mail to one as there are > firm guidelines for their use and content.</para> > > <informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1"> > <tgroup cols="2"> > <thead> > <row> > <entry>List</entry> > <entry>Purpose</entry> > </row> > </thead> > > <tbody> > <row> > <entry>&a.acpi.name;</entry> > <entry>ACPI and power management development</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.afs.name;</entry> > <entry>Porting AFS to &os;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.aic7xxx.name;</entry> > <entry>Developing drivers for the &adaptec; > AIC 7xxx</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.amd64.name;</entry> > <entry>Porting &os; to AMD64 systems (moderated)</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.apache.name;</entry> > <entry>Discussion about > <application>Apache</application> related > ports</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.arm.name;</entry> > <entry>Porting &os; to &arm; processors</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.atm.name;</entry> > <entry>Using ATM networking with &os;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.bluetooth.name;</entry> > <entry>Using &bluetooth; technology in &os;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.cloud.name;</entry> > <entry>&os; on cloud platforms (EC2, GCE, Azure, > etc.)</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.cluster.name;</entry> > <entry>Using &os; in a clustered environment</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.database.name;</entry> > <entry>Discussing database use and development under > &os;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.desktop.name;</entry> > <entry>Using and improving &os; on the desktop</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.doc.name;</entry> > <entry>Creating &os; related documents</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.drivers.name;</entry> > <entry>Writing device drivers for &os;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.dtrace.name;</entry> > <entry>Using and working on DTrace in &os;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.eclipse.name;</entry> > <entry>&os; users of Eclipse IDE, tools, rich client > applications and ports.</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.embedded.name;</entry> > <entry>Using &os; in embedded applications</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.eol.name;</entry> > <entry>Peer support of &os;-related software that > is no longer supported by the &os; Project.</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.emulation.name;</entry> > <entry>Emulation of other systems such as > Linux/&ms-dos;/&windows;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.enlightenment.name;</entry> > <entry>Porting <application>Enlightenment</application> > and <application>Enlightenment</application> > applications</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.firewire.name;</entry> > <entry>&os; &firewire; (iLink, IEEE 1394) technical > discussion</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.fortran.name;</entry> > <entry>Fortran on &os;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.fs.name;</entry> > <entry>File systems</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.games.name;</entry> > <entry>Support for Games on &os;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.gecko.name;</entry> > <entry><application>Gecko Rendering > Engine</application> issues</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.geom.name;</entry> > <entry>GEOM-specific discussions and > implementations</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.git.name;</entry> > <entry>Discussion of git use in the &os; project</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.gnome.name;</entry> > <entry>Porting <application>GNOME</application> and > <application>GNOME</application> applications</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.hackers.name;</entry> > <entry>General technical discussion</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.hardware.name;</entry> > <entry>General discussion of hardware for running > &os;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.i18n.name;</entry> > <entry>&os; Internationalization</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.ia32.name;</entry> > <entry>&os; on the IA-32 (&intel; x86) > platform</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.ia64.name;</entry> > <entry>Porting &os; to &intel;'s upcoming IA64 > systems</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.infiniband.name;</entry> > <entry>Infiniband on &os;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.ipfw.name;</entry> > <entry>Technical discussion concerning the redesign > of the IP firewall code</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.isdn.name;</entry> > <entry>ISDN developers</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.jail.name;</entry> > <entry>Discussion about the &man.jail.8; > facility</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.java.name;</entry> > <entry>&java; developers and people porting &jdk;s to > &os;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.lfs.name;</entry> > <entry>Porting LFS to &os;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.mips.name;</entry> > <entry>Porting &os; to &mips;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.mobile.name;</entry> > <entry>Discussions about mobile computing</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.mono.name;</entry> > <entry>Mono and C# applications on &os;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.multimedia.name;</entry> > <entry>Multimedia applications</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.newbus.name;</entry> > <entry>Technical discussions about bus > architecture</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.net.name;</entry> > <entry>Networking discussion and TCP/IP source > code</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.numerics.name;</entry> > <entry>Discussions of high quality implementation of > libm functions</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.office.name;</entry> > <entry>Office applications on &os;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.performance.name;</entry> > <entry>Performance tuning questions for high > performance/load installations</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.perl.name;</entry> > <entry>Maintenance of a number of > Perl-related ports</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.pf.name;</entry> > <entry>Discussion and questions about the packet filter > firewall system</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.pkg.name;</entry> > <entry>Binary package management and package > tools discussion</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.pkg-fallout.name;</entry> > <entry>Fallout logs from package building</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.platforms.name;</entry> > <entry>Concerning ports to non &intel; architecture > platforms</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.ports.name;</entry> > <entry>Discussion of the Ports Collection</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.ports-announce.name;</entry> > <entry>Important news and instructions about the Ports > Collection (moderated)</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.ports-bugs.name;</entry> > <entry>Discussion of the ports bugs/PRs</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.ppc.name;</entry> > <entry>Porting &os; to the &powerpc;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.proliant.name;</entry> > <entry>Technical discussion of &os; on HP ProLiant > server platforms</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.python.name;</entry> > <entry>&os;-specific Python issues</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.rc.name;</entry> > <entry>Discussion related to the > <filename>rc.d</filename> system and its > development</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.realtime.name;</entry> > <entry>Development of realtime extensions to > &os;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.ruby.name;</entry> > <entry>&os;-specific Ruby discussions</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.scsi.name;</entry> > <entry>The SCSI subsystem</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.security.name;</entry> > <entry>Security issues affecting &os;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.small.name;</entry> > <entry>Using &os; in embedded applications > (obsolete; use &a.embedded.name; instead)</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.snapshots.name;</entry> > <entry>&os; Development Snapshot Announcements</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.sparc.name;</entry> > <entry>Porting &os; to &sparc; based systems</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.standards.name;</entry> > <entry>&os;'s conformance to the C99 and the &posix; > standards</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.sysinstall.name;</entry> > <entry>&man.sysinstall.8; development</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.tcltk.name;</entry> > <entry>&os;-specific Tcl/Tk discussions</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.testing.name;</entry> > <entry>Testing on &os;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.tex.name;</entry> > > <entry>Porting <application>TeX</application> and its > applications to &os;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.threads.name;</entry> > <entry>Threading in &os;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.tilera.name;</entry> > <entry>Porting &os; to the Tilera family of > CPUs</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.tokenring.name;</entry> > <entry>Support Token Ring in &os;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.toolchain.name;</entry> > <entry>Maintenance of &os;'s integrated > toolchain</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.translators.name;</entry> > <entry>Translating &os; documents and programs</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.usb.name;</entry> > <entry>Discussing &os; support for USB</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.virtualization.name;</entry> > <entry>Discussion of various virtualization techniques > supported by &os;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.vuxml.name;</entry> > <entry>Discussion on VuXML infrastructure</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.x11.name;</entry> > <entry>Maintenance and support of X11 on &os;</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.xen.name;</entry> > <entry>Discussion of the &os; port to &xen; — > implementation and usage</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.xfce.name;</entry> > <entry><application>XFCE</application> for &os; — > porting and maintaining</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.zope.name;</entry> > <entry><application>Zope</application> for &os; — > porting and maintaining</entry> > </row> > </tbody> > </tgroup> > </informaltable> > > <para><emphasis>Limited lists:</emphasis> The following lists > are for more specialized (and demanding) audiences and are > probably not of interest to the general public. It is also a > good idea to establish a presence in the technical lists > before joining one of these limited lists in order to > understand the communications etiquette involved.</para> > > <informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1"> > <tgroup cols="2"> > <thead> > <row> > <entry>List</entry> > <entry>Purpose</entry> > </row> > </thead> > > <tbody> > <row> > <entry>&a.hubs.name;</entry> > <entry>People running mirror sites (infrastructural > support)</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.usergroups.name;</entry> > <entry>User group coordination</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.wip-status.name;</entry> > <entry>&os; Work-In-Progress Status</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.wireless.name;</entry> > <entry>Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools, device driver > development</entry> > </row> > </tbody> > </tgroup> > </informaltable> > > <para><emphasis>Digest lists:</emphasis> All of the above lists > are available in a digest format. Once subscribed to a list, > the digest options can be changed in the account options > section.</para> > > <para><emphasis>SVN lists:</emphasis> The following lists are > for people interested in seeing the log messages for changes > to various areas of the source tree. They are > <emphasis>Read-Only</emphasis> lists and should not have mail > sent to them.</para> > > <informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1"> > <tgroup cols="3"> > <thead> > <row> > <entry>List</entry> > <entry>Source area</entry> > <entry>Area Description (source for)</entry> > </row> > </thead> > > <tbody> > <row> > <entry>&a.svn-doc-all.name;</entry> > <entry><filename>/usr/doc</filename></entry> > <entry>All changes to the doc Subversion repository > (except for <filename>user</filename>, > <filename>projects</filename> and > <filename>translations</filename>)</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.svn-doc-head.name;</entry> > <entry><filename>/usr/doc</filename></entry> > <entry>All changes to the <quote>head</quote> branch of > the doc Subversion repository</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.svn-doc-projects.name;</entry> > <entry><filename>/usr/doc/projects</filename></entry> > <entry>All changes to the <filename>projects</filename> > area of the doc Subversion repository</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.svn-doc-svnadmin.name;</entry> > <entry><filename>/usr/doc</filename></entry> > <entry>All changes to the administrative scripts, hooks, > and other configuration data of the doc Subversion > repository</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.svn-ports-all.name;</entry> > <entry><filename>/usr/ports</filename></entry> > <entry>All changes to the ports Subversion > repository</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.svn-ports-head.name;</entry> > <entry><filename>/usr/ports</filename></entry> > <entry>All changes to the <quote>head</quote> branch > of the ports Subversion repository</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.svn-ports-svnadmin.name;</entry> > <entry><filename>/usr/ports</filename></entry> > <entry>All changes to the administrative scripts, hooks, > and other configuration data of the ports Subversion > repository</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.svn-src-all.name;</entry> > <entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry> > <entry>All changes to the src Subversion repository > (except for <filename>user</filename> > and <filename>projects</filename>)</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.svn-src-head.name;</entry> > <entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry> > <entry>All changes to the <quote>head</quote> branch > of the src Subversion repository (the &os;-CURRENT > branch)</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.svn-src-projects.name;</entry> > <entry><filename>/usr/projects</filename></entry> > <entry>All changes to the <filename>projects</filename> > area of the src Subversion repository</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.svn-src-release.name;</entry> > <entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry> > <entry>All changes to the <filename>releases</filename> > area of the src Subversion repository</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.svn-src-releng.name;</entry> > <entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry> > <entry>All changes to the <filename>releng</filename> > branches of the src Subversion repository (the > security / release engineering branches)</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.svn-src-stable.name;</entry> > <entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry> > <entry>All changes to the all stable branches of the src > Subversion repository</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.svn-src-stable-6.name;</entry> > <entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry> > <entry>All changes to the <filename>stable/6</filename> > branch of the src Subversion repository</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.svn-src-stable-7.name;</entry> > <entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry> > <entry>All changes to the <filename>stable/7</filename> > branch of the src Subversion repository</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.svn-src-stable-8.name;</entry> > <entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry> > <entry>All changes to the <filename>stable/8</filename> > branch of the src Subversion repository</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.svn-src-stable-9.name;</entry> > <entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry> > <entry>All changes to the <filename>stable/9</filename> > branch of the src Subversion repository</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.svn-src-stable-10.name;</entry> > <entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry> > <entry>All changes to the <filename>stable/10</filename> > branch of the src Subversion repository</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.svn-src-stable-other.name;</entry> > <entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry> > <entry>All changes to the > older <filename>stable</filename> branches of the src > Subversion repository</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.svn-src-svnadmin.name;</entry> > <entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry> > <entry>All changes to the administrative scripts, hooks, > and other configuration data of the src Subversion > repository</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.svn-src-user.name;</entry> > <entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry> > <entry>All changes to the > experimental <filename>user</filename> area of the src > Subversion repository</entry> > </row> > > <row> > <entry>&a.svn-src-vendor.name;</entry> > <entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry> > <entry>All changes to the vendor work area of the src > Subversion repository</entry> > </row> > </tbody> > </tgroup> > </informaltable> > </sect2> > > <sect2 xml:id="eresources-subscribe"> > <title>How to Subscribe</title> > > <para>To subscribe to a list, click the list name at > &a.mailman.lists.link;. The page that is displayed should > contain all of the necessary subscription instructions for > that list.</para> > > <para>To actually post to a given list, send mail to > <email><replaceable>listname</replaceable>@FreeBSD.org</email>. > It will then be redistributed to mailing list members > world-wide.</para> > > <para>To unsubscribe from a list, click on the URL found at the > bottom of every email received from the list. It is also > possible to send an email to > <email><replaceable>listname</replaceable>-unsubscribe@FreeBSD.org</email> > to unsubscribe.</para> > > <para>It is important to keep discussion in the technical > mailing lists on a technical track. To only receive important > announcements, instead join the &a.announce;, which is > intended for infrequent traffic.</para> > </sect2> > > <sect2 xml:id="eresources-charters"> > <title>List Charters</title> > > <para><emphasis>All</emphasis> &os; mailing lists have certain > basic rules which must be adhered to by anyone using them. > Failure to comply with these guidelines will result in two (2) > written warnings from the &os; Postmaster > <email>postmaster@FreeBSD.org</email>, after which, on a third > offense, the poster will removed from all &os; mailing lists > and filtered from further posting to them. We regret that > such rules and measures are necessary at all, but today's > Internet is a pretty harsh environment, it would seem, and > many fail to appreciate just how fragile some of its > mechanisms are.</para> > > <para>Rules of the road:</para> > > <itemizedlist> > <listitem> > <para>The topic of any posting should adhere to the basic > charter of the list it is posted to. If the list is about > technical issues, the posting should contain technical > discussion. Ongoing irrelevant chatter or flaming only > detracts from the value of the mailing list for everyone > on it and will not be tolerated. For free-form discussion > on no particular topic, the &a.chat; is freely available > and should be used instead.</para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para>No posting should be made to more than 2 mailing > lists, and only to 2 when a clear and obvious need to post > to both lists exists. For most lists, there is already a > great deal of subscriber overlap and except for the most > esoteric mixes (say <quote>-stable & -scsi</quote>), > there really is no reason to post to more than one list at > a time. If a message is received with multiple mailing > lists on the <literal>Cc</literal> line, trim the > <literal>Cc</literal> line before replying. <emphasis>The > person who replies is still responsible for > cross-posting, no matter who the originator might have > been.</emphasis></para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para>Personal attacks and profanity (in the context of an > argument) are not allowed, and that includes users and > developers alike. Gross breaches of netiquette, like > excerpting or reposting private mail when permission to do > so was not and would not be forthcoming, are frowned upon > but not specifically enforced. > <emphasis>However</emphasis>, there are also very few > cases where such content would fit within the charter of a > list and it would therefore probably rate a warning (or > ban) on that basis alone.</para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para>Advertising of non-&os; related products or services > is strictly prohibited and will result in an immediate ban > if it is clear that the offender is advertising by > spam.</para> > </listitem> > </itemizedlist> > > <para><emphasis>Individual list charters:</emphasis></para> > > <variablelist> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.acpi.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>ACPI and power management > development</emphasis></para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.afs.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Andrew File System</emphasis></para> > > <para>This list is for discussion on porting and using > AFS from CMU/Transarc</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.announce.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Important events / > milestones</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is the mailing list for people interested only > in occasional announcements of significant &os; events. > This includes announcements about snapshots and other > releases. It contains announcements of new &os; > capabilities. It may contain calls for volunteers etc. > This is a low volume, strictly moderated mailing > list.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.arch.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Architecture and design > discussions</emphasis></para> > > <para>This list is for discussion of the &os; > architecture. Messages will mostly be kept strictly > technical in nature. Examples of suitable topics > are:</para> > > <itemizedlist> > <listitem> > <para>How to re-vamp the build system to have several > customized builds running at the same time.</para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para>What needs to be fixed with VFS to make > Heidemann layers work.</para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para>How do we change the device driver interface > to be able to use the same drivers cleanly on many > buses and architectures.</para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para>How to write a network driver.</para> > </listitem> > </itemizedlist> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.bluetooth.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>&bluetooth; in &os;</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is the forum where &os;'s &bluetooth; users > congregate. Design issues, implementation details, > patches, bug reports, status reports, feature requests, > and all matters related to &bluetooth; are fair > game.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.bugbusters.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Coordination of the Problem Report > handling effort</emphasis></para> > > <para>The purpose of this list is to serve as a > coordination and discussion forum for the Bugmeister, > his Bugbusters, and any other parties who have a genuine > interest in the PR database. This list is not for > discussions about specific bugs, patches or PRs.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.bugs.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Bug reports</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is the mailing list for reporting bugs in &os;. > Whenever possible, bugs should be submitted using the > <link > xlink:href="https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi">web > interface</link> to it.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.chat.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Non technical items related to the &os; > community</emphasis></para> > > <para>This list contains the overflow from the other lists > about non-technical, social information. It includes > discussion about whether Jordan looks like a toon 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.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.chromium.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>&os;-specific Chromium > issues</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is a list for the discussion of Chromium > support for &os;. This is a technical list to > discuss development and installation of Chromium.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.cloud.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Running &os; on various cloud > platforms</emphasis></para> > > <para>This list discusses running &os; on Amazon EC2, > Google Compute Engine, Microsoft Azure, and other cloud > computing platforms.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.core.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>&os; core team</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is an internal mailing list for use by the core > members. Messages can be sent to it when a serious > &os;-related matter requires arbitration or > high-level scrutiny.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.current.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Discussions about the use of > &os.current;</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is the mailing list for users of &os.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 <quote>CURRENT</quote> must subscribe to this > list. This is a technical mailing list for which > strictly technical content is expected.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.desktop.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Using and improving &os; on the > desktop</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is a forum for discussion of &os; on the > desktop. It is primarily a place for desktop porters > and users to discuss issues and improve &os;'s desktop > support.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.doc.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Documentation Project</emphasis></para> > > <para>This mailing list is for the discussion of issues > and projects related to the creation of documentation > for &os;. The members of this mailing list are > collectively referred to as <quote>The &os; > Documentation Project</quote>. It is an open list; feel > free to join and contribute!</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.drivers.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Writing device drivers for > &os;</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is a forum for technical discussions related to > device drivers on &os;. It is primarily a place for > device driver writers to ask questions about how to > write device drivers using the APIs in the &os; > kernel.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.dtrace.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Using and working on DTrace in > &os;</emphasis></para> > > <para>DTrace is an integrated component of &os; that > provides a framework for understanding the kernel as > well as user space programs at run time. The mailing > list is an archived discussion for developers of the > code as well as those using it.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.eclipse.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>&os; users of Eclipse IDE, tools, rich > client applications and ports.</emphasis></para> > > <para>The intention of this list is to provide mutual > support for everything to do with choosing, installing, > using, developing and maintaining the Eclipse IDE, > tools, rich client applications on the &os; platform and > assisting with the porting of Eclipse IDE and plugins to > the &os; environment.</para> > > <para>The intention is also to facilitate exchange of > information between the Eclipse community and the &os; > community to the mutual benefit of both.</para> > > <para>Although this list is focused primarily on the needs > of Eclipse users it will also provide a forum for those > who would like to develop &os; specific applications > using the Eclipse framework.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.embedded.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Using &os; in embedded > applications</emphasis></para> > > <para>This list discusses topics related to using &os; in > embedded systems. This is a technical mailing list for > which strictly technical content is expected. For the > purpose of this list, embedded systems are those > computing devices which are not desktops and which > usually serve a single purpose as opposed to being > general computing environments. Examples include, but > are not limited to, all kinds of phone handsets, network > equipment such as routers, switches and PBXs, remote > measuring equipment, PDAs, Point Of Sale systems, and so > on.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.emulation.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Emulation of other systems such as > Linux/&ms-dos;/&windows;</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is a forum for technical discussions related > to running programs written for other operating systems > on &os;.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.enlightenment.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Enlightenment</emphasis></para> > > <para>Discussions concerning the > <application>Enlightenment</application> Desktop > Environment for &os; systems. This is a technical > mailing list for which strictly technical content is > expected.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.eol.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Peer support of &os;-related software > that is no longer supported by the &os; > Project.</emphasis></para> > > <para>This list is for those interested in providing or > making use of peer support of &os;-related software for > which the &os; Project no longer provides official > support in the form of security advisories and > patches.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.firewire.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>&firewire; (iLink, IEEE > 1394)</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is a mailing list for discussion of the design > and implementation of a &firewire; (aka IEEE 1394 aka > iLink) subsystem for &os;. Relevant topics specifically > include the standards, bus devices and their protocols, > adapter boards/cards/chips sets, and the architecture > and implementation of code for their proper > support.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.fortran.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Fortran on &os;</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is the mailing list for discussion of Fortran > related ports on &os;: compilers, libraries, scientific > and engineering applications from laptops to HPC > clusters.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.fs.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>File systems</emphasis></para> > > <para>Discussions concerning &os; filesystems. This is a > technical mailing list for which strictly technical > content is expected.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.games.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Games on &os;</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is a technical list for discussions related to > bringing games to &os;. It is for individuals actively > working on porting games to &os;, to bring up problems > or discuss alternative solutions. Individuals > interested in following the technical discussion are > also welcome.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.gecko.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Gecko Rendering Engine</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is a forum about > <application>Gecko</application> applications using > &os;.</para> > > <para>Discussion centers around Gecko Ports applications, > their installation, their development and their support > within &os;.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.geom.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>GEOM</emphasis></para> > > <para>Discussions specific to GEOM and related > implementations. This is a technical mailing list for > which strictly technical content is expected.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.git.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Use of git in the &os; > project</emphasis></para> > > <para>Discussions of how to use git in &os; > infrastructure including the github mirror and other > uses of git for project collaboration. Discussion area > for people using git against the &os; github mirror. > People wanting to get started with the mirror or git > in general on &os; can ask here.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.gnome.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>GNOME</emphasis></para> > > <para>Discussions concerning The > <application>GNOME</application> Desktop Environment > for &os; systems. This is a technical mailing list > for which strictly technical content is expected.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.infiniband.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Infiniband on &os;</emphasis></para> > > <para>Technical mailing list discussing Infiniband, OFED, > and OpenSM on &os;.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.ipfw.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>IP Firewall</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is the forum for technical discussions > concerning the redesign of the IP firewall code in > &os;. This is a technical mailing list for which > strictly technical content is expected.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.ia64.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Porting &os; to IA64</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is a technical mailing list for individuals > actively working on porting &os; to the IA-64 platform > from &intel;, to bring up problems or discuss > alternative solutions. Individuals interested in > following the technical discussion are also > welcome.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.isdn.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>ISDN Communications</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is the mailing list for people discussing the > development of ISDN support for &os;.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.java.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>&java; Development</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is the mailing list for people discussing the > development of significant &java; applications for &os; > and the porting and maintenance of &jdk;s.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry xml:id="eresources-charters-jobs"> > <term>&a.jobs.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Jobs offered and sought</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is a forum for posting employment notices > specifically related to &os; and resumes from those > seeking &os;-related employment. This is > <emphasis>not</emphasis> a mailing list for general > employment issues since adequate forums for that already > exist elsewhere.</para> > > <para>Note that this list, like other <systemitem > class="fqdomainname">FreeBSD.org</systemitem> > mailing lists, is distributed worldwide. Be clear about > the geographic location and the extent to which > telecommuting or assistance with relocation is > available.</para> > > <para>Email should use open formats only — > preferably plain text, but basic Portable Document > Format (<acronym>PDF</acronym>), HTML, and a few others > are acceptable to many readers. Closed formats such as > µsoft; Word (<filename>.doc</filename>) will be > rejected by the mailing list server.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.kde.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>KDE</emphasis></para> > > <para>Discussions concerning > <application>KDE</application> on &os; systems. > This is a technical mailing list for which strictly > technical content is expected.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.hackers.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Technical discussions</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is a forum for technical discussions related > to &os;. This is the primary technical mailing list. > It is for individuals actively working on &os;, to bring > up problems or discuss alternative solutions. > Individuals interested in following the technical > discussion are also welcome. This is a technical > mailing list for which strictly technical content is > expected.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.hardware.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>General discussion of &os; > hardware</emphasis></para> > > <para>General discussion about the types of hardware that > &os; runs on, various problems and suggestions > concerning what to buy or avoid.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.hubs.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Mirror sites</emphasis></para> > > <para>Announcements and discussion for people who run &os; > mirror sites.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.isp.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Issues for Internet Service > Providers</emphasis></para> > > <para>This mailing list is for discussing topics relevant > to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) using &os;. This > is a technical mailing list for which strictly technical > content is expected.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.mono.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Mono and C# applications on > &os;</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is a list for discussions related to the Mono > development framework on &os;. This is a technical > mailing list. It is for individuals actively working on > porting Mono or C# applications to &os;, to bring up > problems or discuss alternative solutions. Individuals > interested in following the technical discussion are > also welcome.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.office.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Office applications on > &os;</emphasis></para> > > <para>Discussion centers around office applications, their > installation, their development and their support within > &os;.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.ops-announce.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Project Infrastructure > Announcements</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is the mailing list for people interested in > changes and issues related to the FreeBSD.org Project > infrastructure.</para> > > <para>This moderated list is strictly for announcements: > no replies, requests, discussions, or opinions.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.performance.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Discussions about tuning or speeding up > &os;</emphasis></para> > > <para>This mailing list exists to provide a place for > hackers, administrators, and/or concerned parties to > discuss performance related topics pertaining to &os;. > Acceptable topics includes talking about &os; > installations that are either under high load, are > experiencing performance problems, or are pushing the > limits of &os;. Concerned parties that are willing to > work toward improving the performance of &os; are highly > encouraged to subscribe to this list. This is a highly > technical list ideally suited for experienced &os; > users, hackers, or administrators interested in keeping > &os; fast, robust, and scalable. This list is not a > question-and-answer list that replaces reading through > documentation, but it is a place to make contributions > or inquire about unanswered performance related > topics.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.pf.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Discussion and questions about the packet > filter firewall system</emphasis></para> > > <para>Discussion concerning the packet filter (pf) > firewall system in terms of &os;. Technical discussion > and user questions are both welcome. This list is also > a place to discuss the ALTQ QoS framework.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.pkg.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Binary package management and package > tools discussion</emphasis></para> > > <para>Discussion of all aspects of managing &os; systems > by using binary packages to install software, including > binary package toolkits and formats, their development > and support within &os;, package repository management, > and third party packages.</para> > > <para>Note that discussion of ports which fail to generate > packages correctly should generally be considered as > ports problems, and so inappropriate for this > list.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.pkg-fallout.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Fallout logs from package > building</emphasis></para> > > <para>All packages building failures logs from the package > building clusters</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.platforms.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Porting to Non &intel; > platforms</emphasis></para> > > <para>Cross-platform &os; issues, general discussion and > proposals for non &intel; &os; ports. This is a > technical mailing list for which strictly technical > content is expected.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.ports.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Discussion of > <quote>ports</quote></emphasis></para> > > <para>Discussions concerning &os;'s <quote>ports > collection</quote> (<filename>/usr/ports</filename>), > ports infrastructure, and general ports coordination > efforts. This is a technical mailing list for which > strictly technical content is expected.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.ports-announce.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Important news and instructions about the > &os; <quote>Ports > Collection</quote></emphasis></para> > > <para>Important news for developers, porters, and users of > the <quote>Ports Collection</quote> > (<filename>/usr/ports</filename>), including > architecture/infrastructure changes, new capabilities, > critical upgrade instructions, and release engineering > information. This is a low-volume mailing list, > intended for announcements.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.ports-bugs.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Discussion of > <quote>ports</quote> bugs</emphasis></para> > > <para>Discussions concerning problem reports for &os;'s > <quote>ports collection</quote> > (<filename>/usr/ports</filename>), proposed ports, or > modifications to ports. This is a technical mailing > list for which strictly technical content is > expected.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.proliant.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Technical discussion of &os; on HP > ProLiant server platforms</emphasis></para> > > <para>This mailing list is to be used for the technical > discussion of the usage of &os; on HP ProLiant servers, > including the discussion of ProLiant-specific drivers, > management software, configuration tools, and BIOS > updates. As such, this is the primary place to discuss > the hpasmd, hpasmcli, and hpacucli modules.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.python.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Python on &os;</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is a list for discussions related to improving > Python-support on &os;. This is a technical mailing > list. It is for individuals working on porting Python, > its third party modules and > <application>Zope</application> stuff to &os;. > Individuals interested in following the technical > discussion are also welcome.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.questions.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>User questions</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is the mailing list for questions about &os;. > Do not send <quote>how to</quote> questions to the > technical lists unless the question is quite > technical.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.ruby.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>&os;-specific Ruby > discussions</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is a list for discussions related to the Ruby > support on &os;. This is a technical mailing list. It > is for individuals working on Ruby ports, third party > libraries and frameworks.</para> > > <para>Individuals interested in the technical discussion > are also welcome.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.scsi.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>SCSI subsystem</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is the mailing list for people working on the > SCSI subsystem for &os;. This is a technical mailing > list for which strictly technical content is > expected.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.security.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Security issues</emphasis></para> > > <para>&os; computer security issues (DES, Kerberos, known > security holes and fixes, etc). This is a technical > mailing list for which strictly technical discussion is > expected. Note that this is not a question-and-answer > list, but that contributions (BOTH question AND answer) > to the FAQ are welcome.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.security-notifications.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Security Notifications</emphasis></para> > > <para>Notifications of &os; security problems and fixes. > This is not a discussion list. The discussion list is > FreeBSD-security.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.small.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Using &os; in embedded > applications</emphasis></para> > > <para>This list discusses topics related to unusually > small and embedded &os; installations. This is a > technical mailing list for which strictly technical > content is expected.</para> > > <note> > <para>This list has been obsoleted by > &a.embedded.name;.</para> > </note> > > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.snapshots.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>&os; Development Snapshot > Announcements</emphasis></para> > > <para>This list provides notifications about the > availability of new &os; development snapshots for the > head/ and stable/ branches.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.stable.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Discussions about the use of > &os.stable;</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is the mailing list for users of &os.stable;. > <quote>STABLE</quote> is the branch where development > continues after a RELEASE, including bug fixes and new > features. The ABI is kept stable for binary > compatibility. It includes warnings about new features > coming out in -STABLE that will affect the users, and > instructions on steps that must be taken to remain > -STABLE. Anyone running <quote>STABLE</quote> should > subscribe to this list. This is a technical mailing > list for which strictly technical content is > expected.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.standards.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>C99 & POSIX > Conformance</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is a forum for technical discussions related to > &os; Conformance to the C99 and the POSIX > standards.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.testing.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Testing on &os;</emphasis></para> > > <para>Technical mailing list discussing testing on &os;, > including ATF/Kyua, test build infrastructure, port > tests to &os; from other operating systems (NetBSD, > ...), etc.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.tex.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Porting <application>TeX</application> and > its applications to &os;</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is a technical mailing list for discussions > related to TeX and its applications on &os;. It is for > individuals actively working on porting TeX to FreeBSD, > to bring up problems or discuss alternative solutions. > Individuals interested in following the technical > discussion are also welcome.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.toolchain.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Maintenance of &os;'s integrated > toolchain</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is the mailing list for discussions related to > the maintenance of the toolchain shipped with &os;. > This could include the state of Clang and GCC, but also > pieces of software such as assemblers, linkers and > debuggers.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.translators.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Translating &os; documents and > programs</emphasis></para> > > <para>A discussion list where translators of &os; > documents from English into other languages can talk > about translation methods and tools. New members are > asked to introduce themselves and mention the languages > they are interested in translating.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.usb.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Discussing &os; support for > USB</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is a mailing list for technical discussions > related to &os; support for USB.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.usergroups.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>User Group Coordination > List</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is the mailing list for the coordinators from > each of the local area Users Groups to discuss matters > with each other and a designated individual from the > Core Team. This mail list should be limited to meeting > synopsis and coordination of projects that span User > Groups.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.virtualization.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Discussion of various virtualization > techniques supported by &os;</emphasis></para> > > <para>A list to discuss the various virtualization > techniques supported by &os;. On one hand the focus > will be on the implementation of the basic functionality > as well as adding new features. On the other hand users > will have a forum to ask for help in case of problems or > to discuss their use cases.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.wip-status.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>&os; Work-In-Progress > Status</emphasis></para> > > <para>This mailing list can be used by developers to > announce the creation and progress of &os; related work. > Messages will be moderated. It is suggested to send the > message "To:" a more topical &os; list and only "BCC:" > this list. This way the WIP can also be discussed on > the topical list, as no discussion is allowed on this > list.</para> > > <para>Look inside the archives for examples of suitable > messages.</para> > > <para>An editorial digest of the messages to this list > might be posted to the &os; website every few months as > part of the Status Reports > <footnote><para><uri > xlink:href="http://www.freebsd.org/news/status/">http://www.freebsd.org/news/status/</uri></para></footnote>. > Past reports are archived.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.wireless.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device > driver development</emphasis></para> > > <para>The FreeBSD-wireless list focuses on 802.11 stack > (sys/net80211), device driver and tools development. > This includes bugs, new features and maintenance.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.xen.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Discussion of the &os; port to &xen; > — implementation and usage</emphasis></para> > > <para>A list that focuses on the &os; &xen; port. The > anticipated traffic level is small enough that it is > intended as a forum for both technical discussions of > the implementation and design details as well as > administrative deployment issues.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.xfce.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>XFCE</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is a forum for discussions related to bring the > <application>XFCE</application> environment to &os;. > This is a technical mailing list. It is for individuals > actively working on porting > <application>XFCE</application> to &os;, to bring up > problems or discuss alternative solutions. Individuals > interested in following the technical discussion are > also welcome.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > <varlistentry> > <term>&a.zope.name;</term> > > <listitem> > <para><emphasis>Zope</emphasis></para> > > <para>This is a forum for discussions related to bring the > <application>Zope</application> environment to &os;. > This is a technical mailing list. It is for individuals > actively working on porting > <application>Zope</application> to &os;, to bring up > problems or discuss alternative solutions. Individuals > interested in following the technical discussion are > also welcome.</para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > </variablelist> > </sect2> > > <sect2 xml:id="eresources-mailfiltering"> > <title>Filtering on the Mailing Lists</title> > > <para>The &os; mailing lists are filtered in multiple ways to > avoid the distribution of spam, viruses, and other unwanted > emails. The filtering actions described in this section do > not include all those used to protect the mailing > lists.</para> > > <para>Only certain types of attachments are allowed on the > mailing lists. All attachments with a MIME content type not > found in the list below will be stripped before an email is > distributed on the mailing lists.</para> > > <itemizedlist> > <listitem> > <para>application/octet-stream</para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para>application/pdf</para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para>application/pgp-signature</para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para>application/x-pkcs7-signature</para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para>message/rfc822</para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para>multipart/alternative</para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para>multipart/related</para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para>multipart/signed</para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para>text/html</para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para>text/plain</para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para>text/x-diff</para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para>text/x-patch</para> > </listitem> > </itemizedlist> > > <note> > <para>Some of the mailing lists might allow attachments of > other MIME content types, but the above list should be > applicable for most of the mailing lists.</para> > </note> > > <para>If an email contains both an HTML and a plain text > version, the HTML version will be removed. If an email > contains only an HTML version, it will be converted to plain > text.</para> > </sect2> > </sect1> > > <sect1 xml:id="eresources-news"> > <title>Usenet Newsgroups</title> > > <para>In addition to two &os; specific newsgroups, there are > many others in which &os; is discussed or are otherwise > relevant to &os; users.</para> > > <sect2> > <title>BSD Specific Newsgroups</title> > > <itemizedlist> > <listitem> > <para><link > xlink:href="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce">comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce</link></para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para><link > xlink:href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc">comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc</link></para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para><link > xlink:href="news:de.comp.os.unix.bsd">de.comp.os.unix.bsd</link> > (German)</para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para><link > xlink:href="news:fr.comp.os.bsd">fr.comp.os.bsd</link> > (French)</para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para><link > xlink:href="news:it.comp.os.freebsd">it.comp.os.freebsd</link> > (Italian)</para> > </listitem> > </itemizedlist> > </sect2> > > <sect2> > <title>Other &unix; Newsgroups of Interest</title> > > <itemizedlist> > <listitem> > <para><link > xlink:href="news:comp.unix">comp.unix</link></para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para><link > xlink:href="news:comp.unix.questions">comp.unix.questions</link></para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para><link > xlink:href="news:comp.unix.admin">comp.unix.admin</link></para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para><link > xlink:href="news:comp.unix.programmer">comp.unix.programmer</link></para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para><link > xlink:href="news:comp.unix.shell">comp.unix.shell</link></para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para><link > xlink:href="news:comp.unix.misc">comp.unix.misc</link></para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para><link > xlink:href="news:comp.unix.bsd">comp.unix.bsd</link></para> > </listitem> > </itemizedlist> > </sect2> > > <sect2> > <title>X Window System</title> > > <itemizedlist> > <listitem> > <para><link > xlink:href="news:comp.windows.x">comp.windows.x</link></para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para><link > xlink:href="news:comp.windows.x.apps">comp.windows.x.apps</link></para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para><link > xlink:href="news:comp.windows.x.announce">comp.windows.x.announce</link></para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > <para><link > xlink:href="news:comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine">comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine</link></para> > </listitem> > </itemizedlist> > </sect2> > </sect1> > > <sect1 xml:id="eresources-web"> > <title>Official Mirrors</title> > > &chap.eresources.www.index.inc; > > &chap.mirrors.lastmod.inc; > > &chap.eresources.www.inc; > </sect1> ><!-- >Comment out for now as only one address > <sect1 xml:id="eresources-email"> > <title>Email Addresses</title> > > <para>The following user groups provide &os; related email > addresses for their members. The listed administrator reserves > the right to revoke the address if it is abused in any > way.</para> > > <informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1"> > <tgroup cols="4"> > <thead> > <row> > <entry>Domain</entry> > <entry>Facilities</entry> > <entry>User Group</entry> > <entry>Administrator</entry> > </row> > </thead> > > <tbody> > <row> > <entry>ukug.uk.FreeBSD.org</entry> > <entry>Forwarding only</entry> > <entry><email>ukfreebsd@uk.FreeBSD.org</email></entry> > <entry>Lee Johnston > <email>lee@uk.FreeBSD.org</email></entry> > </row> > </tbody> > </tgroup> > </informaltable> > </sect1> > --> ></appendix>
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