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authorrillig <rillig>2006-06-23 10:12:28 +0000
committerrillig <rillig>2006-06-23 10:12:28 +0000
commit7e54e04230aa28ab7466fe0ab8b101dc3d55daf0 (patch)
treed18fa69537e05906454cdcb62fc77878851403a5 /doc/guide/files
parent01131f0498ef58e35e33d200a994b5d368cc4e40 (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-7e54e04230aa28ab7466fe0ab8b101dc3d55daf0.tar.gz
Moved the pkgsrc-bugs mailing list from the user's part to the
developer's part, since we got a non-PR bug report on it again. Sorted the other mailing lists by relevance instead of alphabetically.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guide/files')
-rw-r--r--doc/guide/files/devfaq.xml32
-rw-r--r--doc/guide/files/faq.xml40
2 files changed, 41 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/devfaq.xml b/doc/guide/files/devfaq.xml
index 3c149f6fb26..bae5ac912b7 100644
--- a/doc/guide/files/devfaq.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/files/devfaq.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: devfaq.xml,v 1.3 2006/06/22 07:30:38 rillig Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: devfaq.xml,v 1.4 2006/06/23 10:12:28 rillig Exp $ -->
<chapter id="devfaq"> <?dbhtml filename="devfaq.html"?>
<title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
@@ -97,5 +97,35 @@
together.</para></answer>
</qandaentry>
+<qandaentry>
+
+ <question><para>Which mailing lists are there for package
+ developers?</para></question>
+
+ <answer><variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><ulink
+ url="http://www.NetBSD.org/MailingLists/index.html#tech-pkg">tech-pkg</ulink></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>This is a list for technical discussions related
+ to pkgsrc development, e.g. soliciting feedback for changes to
+ pkgsrc infrastructure, proposed new features, questions related
+ to porting pkgsrc to a new platform, advice for maintaining a
+ package, patches that affect many packages, help requests moved
+ from pkgsrc-users when an infrastructure bug is found,
+ etc.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><ulink
+ url="http://www.NetBSD.org/MailingLists/index.html#pkgsrc-bugs">pkgsrc-bugs</ulink></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>All bug reports in category "pkg" sent with
+ &man.send-pr.1; appear here. Please do not report your bugs here
+ directly; use one of the other mailing
+ lists.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist></answer>
+
+</qandaentry>
+
</qandaset>
</chapter>
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/faq.xml b/doc/guide/files/faq.xml
index 75cf4c3579d..8e9fb505b58 100644
--- a/doc/guide/files/faq.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/files/faq.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: faq.xml,v 1.24 2006/05/21 12:23:29 rillig Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: faq.xml,v 1.25 2006/06/23 10:12:28 rillig Exp $ -->
<chapter id="faq"> <?dbhtml filename="faq.html"?>
<title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
@@ -18,11 +18,15 @@ it contains items for both pkgsrc users and developers.</para>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
- url="http://www.NetBSD.org/MailingLists/index.html#pkgsrc-bugs">pkgsrc-bugs</ulink>:
- All bug reports in category "pkg" sent with &man.send-pr.1; appear
- here. Please do not report your bugs here directly; use one
- of the other mailing lists.
- discussed.</para>
+ url="http://www.NetBSD.org/MailingLists/index.html#pkgsrc-users">pkgsrc-users</ulink>:
+ This is a general purpose list for most issues regarding
+ pkgsrc, regardless of platform, e.g. soliciting user help
+ for pkgsrc configuration, unexpected build failures, using
+ particular packages, upgrading pkgsrc installations,
+ questions regarding the pkgsrc release branches, etc. General announcements or
+ proposals for changes that impact the pkgsrc user community,
+ e.g. major infrastructure changes, new features, package
+ removals, etc., may also be posted.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -42,30 +46,6 @@ it contains items for both pkgsrc users and developers.</para>
source tree in that 24 hour period.</para>
</listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><ulink
- url="http://www.NetBSD.org/MailingLists/index.html#tech-pkg">pkgsrc-users</ulink>:
- This is a general purpose list for most issues regarding
- pkgsrc, regardless of platform, e.g. soliciting user help
- for pkgsrc configuration, unexpected build failures, using
- particular packages, upgrading pkgsrc installations,
- questions regarding the pkgsrc release branches, etc. General announcements or
- proposals for changes that impact the pkgsrc user community,
- e.g. major infrastructure changes, new features, package
- removals, etc., may also be posted.</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para><ulink
- url="http://www.NetBSD.org/MailingLists/index.html#tech-pkg">tech-pkg</ulink>:
- This is a list for technical discussions related to pkgsrc
- development, e.g. soliciting feedback for changes to pkgsrc
- infrastructure, proposed new features, questions related
- to porting pkgsrc to a new platform, advice for maintaining
- a package, patches that affect many packages, help requests
- moved from pkgsrc-users when an infrastructure bug is found,
- etc.</para>
- </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>To subscribe, do:</para>