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Clarify purpose and rules of the developers mailing list.

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@ -728,11 +728,11 @@ alias scvs env CVS_RSH=ssh cvs -d <replaceable>user</replaceable>@ncvs.FreeBSD.o
</itemizedlist>
<para>You will almost certainly get a conflict because
of the <literal>$Id: article.sgml,v 1.222 2005-02-27 13:43:24 ceri Exp $</literal> (or in FreeBSD's case,
of the <literal>$Id: article.sgml,v 1.223 2005-04-14 02:08:38 hrs Exp $</literal> (or in FreeBSD's case,
<literal>$<!-- stop expansion -->FreeBSD<!-- stop expansion -->$</literal>)
lines, so you will have to edit the file to resolve the conflict
(remove the marker lines and the second <literal>$Id: article.sgml,v 1.222 2005-02-27 13:43:24 ceri Exp $</literal> line,
leaving the original <literal>$Id: article.sgml,v 1.222 2005-02-27 13:43:24 ceri Exp $</literal> line intact).</para>
(remove the marker lines and the second <literal>$Id: article.sgml,v 1.223 2005-04-14 02:08:38 hrs Exp $</literal> line,
leaving the original <literal>$Id: article.sgml,v 1.223 2005-04-14 02:08:38 hrs Exp $</literal> line intact).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@ -1598,7 +1598,25 @@ docs:Documentation Bug:freebsd-doc:</programlisting>
<para>All committers are subscribed to -developers. This list was created to be a
forum for the committers <quote>community</quote> issues.
Examples are Core
voting, announcements, etc. This list is
voting, announcements, etc.</para>
<para>The &a.developers; is for the exclusive use of
FreeBSD committers. In order to develop FreeBSD, committers must
have the ability to openly discuss matters that will be resolved
before they are publicly announced. Frank discussions of work in
progress are not suitable for open publication and may harm FreeBSD.</para>
<para>All FreeBSD committers are reminded to obey the copyright of the
original author(s) of &a.developers; mail. Do not publish or
forward messages from the &a.developers; outside the list
membership without permission of all of the authors.</para>
<para>Copyright violators will be removed from the &a.developers;,
resulting in a suspension of commit privileges. Repeated or
flagrant violations may result in permanent revocation of
commit privileges.</para>
<para>This list is
<emphasis>not</emphasis> intended as a place for code reviews or a
replacement for the &a.arch; or the &a.audit;. In fact
using it as such hurts the FreeBSD Project as it gives a sense of a
@ -1608,11 +1626,7 @@ docs:Documentation Bug:freebsd-doc:</programlisting>
the &a.developers; and CC:/BCC: another FreeBSD list</emphasis>.
Never, ever email another FreeBSD email list and CC:/BCC:
the &a.developers;. Doing so can greatly diminish the benefits
of this list. Also, never publicly post or forward emails sent
to the &a.developers;. The act of sending to
the &a.developers; vs. a public list means the information in
the email is not for public consumption.
</para>
of this list.</para>
</listitem>
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