THE FREEBSD MAILING LIST FAQ Last updated: $Date: 1994/09/14 09:50:56 $ Id: $Id: mailing-list.FAQ,v 1.2 1994/09/14 09:50:56 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. The following is a summary of the mailing lists: List Purpose ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- freebsd-admim Administrative issues (limited) freebsd-arch Architecture and design discussions (limited) freebsd-bugs Bug reports freebsd-hackers Technical discussions and suggestions freebsd-questions User questions freebsd-announce Important events / milestones freebsd-current Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current freebsd-commit Commit messages to source repository freebsd-core FreeBSD core team (limited) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following lists are for people seeing the log messages for source changes in specific areas: List name Source area Area Description (source for) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- cvs-CVSROOT /usr/src/[A-Z]* Top level /usr/src file changes cvs-all /usr/src All changes to the tree (superset) 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-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 cvs-ports /usr/ports Ported software ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Of all the lists, freebsd-arch, freebsd-admin and freebsd-core have closed memberships limited to a small subset of core team members and developers, though anyone is free to send suggestions and commentary to them. The other lists may be freely joined by the general public. All mailing lists live on `FreeBSD.ORG', so to post to a list you simply mail to `@FreeBSD.ORG'. It will then be redistributed to mailing list members throughout the world. To subscribe to a list, send mail to: majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG And include the keyword subscribe [] In the body of your message. For example, to subscribe yourself to freebsd-hackers, you'd do: % mail majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG subscribe freebsd-hackers ^D If you want to subscribe yourself under a different name, or submit a subscription request for a local mailing list (note: this is more efficient if you have several interested parties at one site, and highly appreciated by us!), you would do something like: % mail majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG subscribe freebsd-hackers local-hackers@somesite.com ^D Finally, it is also possible to unsubscribe yourself from a list, get a list of other list members or see the list of mailing lists again by sending other types of control messages to majordomo. For a complete list of available commands, do this: % mail majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG help ^D Finally, it is suggested that you only join the freebsd-hackers or freebsd-questions mailing lists if you're also willing to see upwards of 100 messages a day (peak)! If you're only interested in the "high points", then it's suggested that you join freebsd-announce, which will contain only infrequent traffic. Thank you!