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<appendix id="eresources">
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<title>Resources on the Internet</title>
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<para>The rapid pace of FreeBSD progress makes print media impractical as a
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means of following the latest developments. Electronic resources are the
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best, if not often the only, way stay informed of the latest advances.
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Since FreeBSD is a volunteer effort, the user community itself also
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generally serves as a <quote>technical support department</quote> of sorts,
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with electronic mail and USENET news being the most effective way of
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reaching that community.</para>
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<para>The most important points of contact with the FreeBSD user community
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are outlined below. If you are aware of other resources not mentioned
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here, please send them to the &a.doc; so that they may also be
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included.</para>
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<sect1 id="eresources-mail">
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<title>Mailing Lists</title>
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<para>Though many of the FreeBSD development members read USENET, we
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cannot always guarantee that we will get to your questions in a timely
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fashion (or at all) if you post them only to one of the
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<literal>comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.*</literal> groups. By addressing your
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questions to the appropriate mailing list you will reach both us and a
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concentrated FreeBSD audience, invariably assuring a better (or at least
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faster) response.</para>
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<para>The charters for the various lists are given at the bottom of this
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document. <emphasis>Please read the charter before joining or sending
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mail to any list</emphasis>. Most of our list subscribers now receive
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many hundreds of FreeBSD related messages every day, and by setting down
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charters and rules for proper use we are striving to keep the
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signal-to-noise ratio of the lists high. To do less would see the
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mailing lists ultimately fail as an effective communications medium for
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the project.</para>
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<para>When in doubt about what list to post a question to, see <ulink
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url="&url.articles.freebsd-questions;">How to get best results from
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the FreeBSD-questions mailing list</ulink>.</para>
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<para>Before posting to any list, please learn about how to best use
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the mailing lists, such as how to help avoid frequently-repeated
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discussions, by reading the <ulink url="&url.articles.mailing-list-faq;">
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Mailing List Frequently Asked Questions</ulink> (FAQ) document.</para>
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<para>Archives are kept for all of the mailing lists and can be searched
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using the <ulink url="&url.base;/search/index.html">FreeBSD World
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Wide Web server</ulink>. The keyword searchable archive offers an
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excellent way of finding answers to frequently asked questions and
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should be consulted before posting a question.</para>
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<sect2 id="eresources-summary">
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<title>List Summary</title>
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<para><emphasis>General lists:</emphasis> The following are general
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lists which anyone is free (and encouraged) to join:</para>
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<informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
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<tgroup cols="2">
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<thead>
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<row>
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<entry>List</entry>
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<entry>Purpose</entry>
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</row>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.cvsall.name;</entry>
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<entry>Changes made to the FreeBSD source tree</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.advocacy.name;</entry>
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<entry>FreeBSD Evangelism</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.announce.name;</entry>
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<entry>Important events and project milestones</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.arch.name;</entry>
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<entry>Architecture and design discussions</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.bugbusters.name;</entry>
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<entry>Discussions pertaining to the maintenance of the FreeBSD
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problem report database and related tools</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.bugs.name;</entry>
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<entry>Bug reports</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.chat.name;</entry>
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<entry>Non-technical items related to the FreeBSD
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community</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.current.name;</entry>
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<entry>Discussion concerning the use of
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&os.current;</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.isp.name;</entry>
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<entry>Issues for Internet Service Providers using
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FreeBSD</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.jobs.name;</entry>
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<entry>FreeBSD employment and consulting
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opportunities</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.policy.name;</entry>
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<entry>FreeBSD Core team policy decisions. Low volume, and
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read-only</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.questions.name;</entry>
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<entry>User questions and technical support</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.security-notifications.name;</entry>
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<entry>Security notifications</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.stable.name;</entry>
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<entry>Discussion concerning the use of
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&os.stable;</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.test.name;</entry>
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<entry>Where to send your test messages instead of one of
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the actual lists</entry>
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</row>
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</tbody>
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</tgroup>
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</informaltable>
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<para><emphasis>Technical lists:</emphasis> The following lists are for
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technical discussion. You should read the charter for each list
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carefully before joining or sending mail to one as there are firm
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guidelines for their use and content.</para>
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<informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
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<tgroup cols="2">
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<thead>
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<row>
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<entry>List</entry>
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<entry>Purpose</entry>
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</row>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.acpi.name;</entry>
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<entry>ACPI and power management development</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.afs.name;</entry>
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<entry>Porting AFS to FreeBSD</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.aic7xxx.name;</entry>
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<entry>Developing drivers for the &adaptec; AIC 7xxx</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.alpha.name;</entry>
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<entry>Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.amd64.name;</entry>
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<entry>Porting FreeBSD to AMD64 systems</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.apache.name;</entry>
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<entry>Discussion about <application>Apache</application> related ports</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.arm.name;</entry>
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<entry>Porting FreeBSD to &arm; processors</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.atm.name;</entry>
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<entry>Using ATM networking with FreeBSD</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.audit.name;</entry>
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<entry>Source code audit project</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.binup.name;</entry>
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<entry>Design and development of the binary update system</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.bluetooth.name;</entry>
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<entry>Using &bluetooth; technology in FreeBSD</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.cluster.name;</entry>
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<entry>Using FreeBSD in a clustered environment</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.cvsweb.name;</entry>
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<entry>CVSweb maintenance</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.database.name;</entry>
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<entry>Discussing database use and development under
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FreeBSD</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.doc.name;</entry>
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<entry>Creating FreeBSD related documents</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.drivers.name;</entry>
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<entry>Writing device drivers for &os;</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.eclipse.name;</entry>
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<entry>FreeBSD users of Eclipse IDE, tools, rich client
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applications and ports.</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.embedded.name;</entry>
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<entry>Using FreeBSD in embedded applications</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.emulation.name;</entry>
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<entry>Emulation of other systems such as
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Linux/&ms-dos;/&windows;</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.firewire.name;</entry>
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<entry>FreeBSD &firewire; (iLink, IEEE 1394) technical
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discussion</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.fs.name;</entry>
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<entry>File systems</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.geom.name;</entry>
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<entry>GEOM-specific discussions and implementations</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.gnome.name;</entry>
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<entry>Porting <application>GNOME</application> and <application>GNOME</application> applications</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.hackers.name;</entry>
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<entry>General technical discussion</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.hardware.name;</entry>
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<entry>General discussion of hardware for running
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FreeBSD</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.i18n.name;</entry>
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<entry>FreeBSD Internationalization</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.ia32.name;</entry>
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<entry>FreeBSD on the IA-32 (&intel; x86) platform</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.ia64.name;</entry>
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<entry>Porting FreeBSD to &intel;'s upcoming IA64 systems</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.ipfw.name;</entry>
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<entry>Technical discussion concerning the redesign of the IP
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firewall code</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.isdn.name;</entry>
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<entry>ISDN developers</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.java.name;</entry>
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<entry>&java; developers and people porting &jdk;s to
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FreeBSD</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.kde.name;</entry>
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<entry>Porting <application>KDE</application> and <application>KDE</application> applications</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.lfs.name;</entry>
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<entry>Porting LFS to FreeBSD</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.libh.name;</entry>
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<entry>The second generation installation and package
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system</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.mips.name;</entry>
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<entry>Porting FreeBSD to &mips;</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.mobile.name;</entry>
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<entry>Discussions about mobile computing</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.mozilla.name;</entry>
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<entry>Porting <application>Mozilla</application> to FreeBSD</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.multimedia.name;</entry>
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<entry>Multimedia applications</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.newbus.name;</entry>
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<entry>Technical discussions about bus architecture</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.net.name;</entry>
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<entry>Networking discussion and TCP/IP source code</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.openoffice.name;</entry>
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<entry>Porting <application>OpenOffice.org</application> and
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<application>&staroffice;</application> to FreeBSD</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.performance.name;</entry>
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<entry>Performance tuning questions for high
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performance/load installations</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.perl.name;</entry>
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<entry>Maintenance of a number of
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Perl-related ports</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.pf.name;</entry>
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<entry>Discussion and questions about the packet filter
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firewall system</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.platforms.name;</entry>
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<entry>Concerning ports to non &intel; architecture
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platforms</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.ports.name;</entry>
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<entry>Discussion of the Ports Collection</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.ports-bugs.name;</entry>
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<entry>Discussion of the ports bugs/PRs</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.ppc.name;</entry>
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<entry>Porting FreeBSD to the &powerpc;</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.proliant.name;</entry>
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<entry>Technical discussion of FreeBSD on HP ProLiant server platforms</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.python.name;</entry>
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<entry>FreeBSD-specific Python issues</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.qa.name;</entry>
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<entry>Discussion of Quality Assurance, usually pending a release</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.rc.name;</entry>
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<entry>Discussion related to the <filename>rc.d</filename> system and its development</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.realtime.name;</entry>
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<entry>Development of realtime extensions to FreeBSD</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.scsi.name;</entry>
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<entry>The SCSI subsystem</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.security.name;</entry>
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<entry>Security issues affecting FreeBSD</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.small.name;</entry>
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<entry>Using FreeBSD in embedded applications
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(obsolete; use &a.embedded.name; instead)</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.smp.name;</entry>
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<entry>Design discussions for [A]Symmetric
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MultiProcessing</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.sparc.name;</entry>
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<entry>Porting FreeBSD to &sparc; based systems</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.standards.name;</entry>
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<entry>FreeBSD's conformance to the C99 and the &posix;
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standards</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.sun4v.name;</entry>
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<entry>Porting FreeBSD to &sun4v; based systems</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.threads.name;</entry>
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<entry>Threading in FreeBSD</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.testing.name;</entry>
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<entry>FreeBSD Performance and Stability Tests</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.tokenring.name;</entry>
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<entry>Support Token Ring in FreeBSD</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.usb.name;</entry>
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<entry>Discussing &os; support for USB</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.vuxml.name;</entry>
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<entry>Discussion on VuXML infrastructure</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.x11.name;</entry>
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<entry>Maintenance and support of X11 on FreeBSD</entry>
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</row>
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</tbody>
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</tgroup>
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</informaltable>
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<para><emphasis>Limited lists:</emphasis> The following lists are for
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more specialized (and demanding) audiences and are probably not of
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interest to the general public. It is also a good idea to establish a
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presence in the technical lists before joining one of these limited
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lists so that you will understand the communications etiquette involved.</para>
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<informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
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<tgroup cols="2">
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<thead>
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<row>
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<entry>List</entry>
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<entry>Purpose</entry>
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</row>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.hubs.name;</entry>
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<entry>People running mirror sites (infrastructural
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support)</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.usergroups.name;</entry>
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<entry>User group coordination</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.vendors.name;</entry>
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<entry>Vendors pre-release coordination</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.www.name;</entry>
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<entry>Maintainers of <ulink url="&url.base;/index.html">www.FreeBSD.org</ulink></entry>
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</row>
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</tbody>
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</tgroup>
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</informaltable>
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|
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<para><emphasis>Digest lists:</emphasis> All of the above lists
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are available in a digest format. Once subscribed to a list,
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you can change your digest options in your account options
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section.</para>
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|
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<para><emphasis>CVS lists:</emphasis> The following lists are for people
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interested in seeing the log messages for changes to various areas of
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the source tree. They are <emphasis>Read-Only</emphasis> lists and
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should not have mail sent to them.</para>
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<informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
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<tgroup cols="3">
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<thead>
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<row>
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<entry>List</entry>
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<entry>Source area</entry>
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<entry>Area Description (source for)</entry>
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</row>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.cvsall.name;</entry>
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<entry><filename>/usr/(CVSROOT|doc|ports|projects|src)</filename></entry>
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<entry>All changes to any place in the tree (superset of other CVS commit lists)</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.cvs-doc.name;</entry>
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<entry><filename>/usr/(doc|www)</filename></entry>
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<entry>All changes to the doc and www trees</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.cvs-ports.name;</entry>
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<entry><filename>/usr/ports</filename></entry>
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<entry>All changes to the ports tree</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.cvs-projects.name;</entry>
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<entry><filename>/usr/projects</filename></entry>
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<entry>All changes to the projects tree</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&a.cvs-src.name;</entry>
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<entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry>
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<entry>All changes to the src tree</entry>
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</row>
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</tbody>
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</tgroup>
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</informaltable>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="eresources-subscribe">
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<title>How to Subscribe</title>
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<para>To subscribe to a list, click on the list name above or
|
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go to &a.mailman.lists.link;
|
|
and click on the list that you are interested in. The list
|
|
page should contain all of the necessary subscription
|
|
instructions.</para>
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|
|
<para>To actually post to a given list you simply 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 yourself 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
|
|
yourself.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Again, we would like to request that you keep discussion in the
|
|
technical mailing lists on a technical track. If you are only
|
|
interested in important announcements then it is suggested that
|
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you join the &a.announce;, which is intended only for infrequent
|
|
traffic.</para>
|
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</sect2>
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|
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<sect2 id="eresources-charters">
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<title>List Charters</title>
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|
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<para><emphasis>All</emphasis> FreeBSD mailing lists have certain basic
|
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rules which must be adhered to by anyone using them. Failure to comply
|
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with these guidelines will result in two (2) written warnings from the
|
|
FreeBSD Postmaster <email>postmaster@FreeBSD.org</email>, after which,
|
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on a third offense, the poster will removed from all FreeBSD 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
|
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pretty harsh environment, it would seem, and many fail to appreciate
|
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just how fragile some of its mechanisms are.</para>
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|
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<para>Rules of the road:</para>
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|
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
|
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<para>The topic of any posting should adhere to the basic charter of
|
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the list it is posted to, e.g. if the list is about technical
|
|
issues then your 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>
|
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>No posting should be made to more than 2 mailing lists, and
|
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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 sent to you in such a
|
|
way that multiple mailing lists appear on the
|
|
<literal>Cc</literal> line then the <literal>Cc</literal>
|
|
line should also be trimmed before sending it out again.
|
|
<emphasis>You are still responsible for your
|
|
own cross-postings, no matter who the originator might have
|
|
been.</emphasis></para>
|
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</listitem>
|
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|
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<listitem>
|
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<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>
|
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</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
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<para>Advertising of non-FreeBSD 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>
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|
|
<variablelist>
|
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|
|
<varlistentry>
|
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<term>&a.acpi.name;</term>
|
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|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis>ACPI and power management
|
|
development</emphasis></para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
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|
|
<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 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, 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 FreeBSD
|
|
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.audit.name;</term>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis>Source code audit project</emphasis></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>This is the mailing list for the FreeBSD source code
|
|
audit project. Although this was originally intended for
|
|
security-related changes, its charter has been expanded to
|
|
review any code changes.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>This list is very heavy on patches, and is probably of no
|
|
interest to the average FreeBSD user. Security discussions
|
|
not related to a particular code change are held on
|
|
freebsd-security. Conversely, all developers are encouraged
|
|
to send their patches here for review, especially if they
|
|
touch a part of the system where a bug may adversely affect
|
|
the integrity of the system.</para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- I can't actually find a charter for this, but there's this email: http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=223347+225804+/usr/local/www/db/text/2000/cvs-all/20001210.cvs-all -->
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>&a.binup.name;</term>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis>FreeBSD Binary Update Project</emphasis></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>This list exists to provide discussion for the binary
|
|
update system, or <application>binup</application>.
|
|
Design issues, implementation details,
|
|
patches, bug reports, status reports, feature requests, commit
|
|
logs, and all other things related to
|
|
<application>binup</application> are fair game.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>&a.bluetooth.name;</term>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis>&bluetooth; in FreeBSD</emphasis></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>This is the forum where FreeBSD'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 FreeBSD.
|
|
Whenever possible, bugs should be submitted using the
|
|
&man.send-pr.1;
|
|
command or the <ulink
|
|
url="&url.base;/send-pr.html">WEB
|
|
interface</ulink> to it.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>&a.chat.name;</term>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis>Non technical items related to the FreeBSD
|
|
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.core.name;</term>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis>FreeBSD 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
|
|
FreeBSD-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.cvsweb.name;</term>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis>FreeBSD CVSweb Project</emphasis></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Technical discussions about use, development and maintenance
|
|
of FreeBSD-CVSweb.</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 FreeBSD.
|
|
The members of this mailing list are collectively referred to as
|
|
<quote>The FreeBSD 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.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 FreeBSD in embedded
|
|
applications</emphasis></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>This list discusses topics related to using FreeBSD in
|
|
embedded systems. This is a technical mailing list for which
|
|
strictly technical content is expected. For the purpose of
|
|
this list we define embedded systems as 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.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 FreeBSD. 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.fs.name;</term>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis>File systems</emphasis></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Discussions concerning FreeBSD file systems. This is a
|
|
technical mailing list for which strictly technical content is
|
|
expected.</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.gnome.name;</term>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis>GNOME</emphasis></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Discussions concerning The <application>GNOME</application> Desktop Environment for
|
|
FreeBSD systems. This is a technical mailing list for
|
|
which strictly technical content is expected.</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 FreeBSD. 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 FreeBSD to IA64</emphasis></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>This is a technical mailing list for individuals
|
|
actively working on porting FreeBSD 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 FreeBSD.</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 FreeBSD and the
|
|
porting and maintenance of &jdk;s.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
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<varlistentry id="eresources-charters-jobs">
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<term>&a.jobs.name;</term>
|
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<listitem>
|
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<para><emphasis>Jobs offered and sought</emphasis></para>
|
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|
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<para>This is a forum for posting employment notices and
|
|
resumes specifically related to &os;, e.g. if you are
|
|
seeking &os;-related employment or have a job involving
|
|
&os; to advertise then this is the right place. 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 <hostid role="domainname">FreeBSD.org</hostid> mailing
|
|
lists, is distributed worldwide. Thus, you need to be
|
|
clear about 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>
|
|
|
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<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>&a.kde.name;</term>
|
|
|
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<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis>KDE</emphasis></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Discussions concerning <application>KDE</application> on
|
|
FreeBSD systems. This is a technical mailing list for
|
|
which strictly technical content is expected.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
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<term>&a.hackers.name;</term>
|
|
|
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<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis>Technical discussions</emphasis></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>This is a forum for technical discussions related to
|
|
FreeBSD. This 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. This is a
|
|
technical mailing list for which strictly technical content is
|
|
expected.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>&a.hardware.name;</term>
|
|
|
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<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis>General discussion of FreeBSD
|
|
hardware</emphasis></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>General discussion about the types of hardware that FreeBSD
|
|
runs on, various problems and suggestions concerning what to buy
|
|
or avoid.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
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<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>&a.hubs.name;</term>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis>Mirror sites</emphasis></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Announcements and discussion for people who run FreeBSD
|
|
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 FreeBSD. This is a
|
|
technical mailing list for which strictly technical content is
|
|
expected.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>&a.openoffice.name;</term>
|
|
|
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<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis>OpenOffice.org</emphasis></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Discussions concerning the porting and maintenance
|
|
of <application>OpenOffice.org</application> and
|
|
<application>&staroffice;</application>.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>&a.performance.name;</term>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis>Discussions about tuning or speeding up FreeBSD</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
|
|
FreeBSD. Acceptable topics includes talking about
|
|
FreeBSD installations that are either under high load,
|
|
are experiencing performance problems, or are pushing
|
|
the limits of FreeBSD. Concerned parties that are
|
|
willing to work toward improving the performance of
|
|
FreeBSD are highly encouraged to subscribe to this list.
|
|
This is a highly technical list ideally suited for
|
|
experienced FreeBSD users, hackers, or administrators
|
|
interested in keeping FreeBSD 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 FreeBSD. 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.platforms.name;</term>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis>Porting to Non &intel; platforms</emphasis></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Cross-platform FreeBSD issues, general discussion and
|
|
proposals for non &intel; FreeBSD ports. This is a technical
|
|
mailing list for which strictly technical content is
|
|
expected.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>&a.policy.name;</term>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis>Core team policy decisions</emphasis></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>This is a low volume, read-only mailing list for FreeBSD
|
|
Core Team Policy decisions.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>&a.ports.name;</term>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis>Discussion of
|
|
<quote>ports</quote></emphasis></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Discussions concerning FreeBSD'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-bugs.name;</term>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis>Discussion of
|
|
<quote>ports</quote> bugs</emphasis></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Discussions concerning problem reports for FreeBSD'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 FreeBSD on HP
|
|
ProLiant server platforms</emphasis></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>This mailing list is to be used for the technical
|
|
discussion of the usage of FreeBSD 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 FreeBSD</emphasis></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>This is a list for discussions related to improving Python-support
|
|
on FreeBSD. This is a technical mailing list. It is for individuals
|
|
working on porting Python, its 3rd party modules and <application>Zope</application> stuff to
|
|
FreeBSD. 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 FreeBSD. You
|
|
should not send <quote>how to</quote> questions to the technical
|
|
lists unless you consider the question to be pretty
|
|
technical.</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 FreeBSD. 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>FreeBSD 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 FreeBSD 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 FreeBSD in embedded
|
|
applications</emphasis></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>This list discusses topics related to unusually small and
|
|
embedded FreeBSD 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.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;. 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
|
|
FreeBSD Conformance to the C99 and the POSIX standards.</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.vendors.name;</term>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis>Vendors</emphasis></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Coordination discussions between The FreeBSD Project and
|
|
Vendors of software and hardware for FreeBSD.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
<sect2 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 id="eresources-news">
|
|
<title>Usenet Newsgroups</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>In addition to two FreeBSD specific newsgroups, there are many
|
|
others in which FreeBSD is discussed or are otherwise relevant to
|
|
FreeBSD users. <ulink
|
|
url="http://minnie.tuhs.org/BSD-info/bsdnews_search.html">Keyword
|
|
searchable archives</ulink> are available for some of these newsgroups
|
|
from courtesy of Warren Toomey <email>wkt@cs.adfa.edu.au</email>.</para>
|
|
|
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<sect2>
|
|
<title>BSD Specific Newsgroups</title>
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><ulink
|
|
url="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce">comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce</ulink></para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><ulink
|
|
url="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc">comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc</ulink></para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><ulink
|
|
url="news:de.comp.os.unix.bsd">de.comp.os.unix.bsd</ulink> (German)</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><ulink
|
|
url="news:fr.comp.os.bsd">fr.comp.os.bsd</ulink> (French)</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><ulink
|
|
url="news:it.comp.os.freebsd">it.comp.os.freebsd</ulink> (Italian)</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><ulink
|
|
url="news:tw.bbs.comp.386bsd">tw.bbs.comp.386bsd</ulink> (Traditional Chinese)</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2>
|
|
<title>Other &unix; Newsgroups of Interest</title>
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><ulink url="news:comp.unix">comp.unix</ulink></para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><ulink
|
|
url="news:comp.unix.questions">comp.unix.questions</ulink></para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><ulink
|
|
url="news:comp.unix.admin">comp.unix.admin</ulink></para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><ulink
|
|
url="news:comp.unix.programmer">comp.unix.programmer</ulink></para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><ulink
|
|
url="news:comp.unix.shell">comp.unix.shell</ulink></para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><ulink
|
|
url="news:comp.unix.user-friendly">comp.unix.user-friendly</ulink></para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><ulink
|
|
url="news:comp.security.unix">comp.security.unix</ulink></para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><ulink
|
|
url="news:comp.sources.unix">comp.sources.unix</ulink></para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><ulink
|
|
url="news:comp.unix.advocacy">comp.unix.advocacy</ulink></para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><ulink
|
|
url="news:comp.unix.misc">comp.unix.misc</ulink></para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><ulink
|
|
url="news:comp.bugs.4bsd">comp.bugs.4bsd</ulink></para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><ulink
|
|
url="news:comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes">comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes</ulink></para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><ulink
|
|
url="news:comp.unix.bsd">comp.unix.bsd</ulink></para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
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<sect2>
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<title>X Window System</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink
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url="news:comp.windows.x.i386unix">comp.windows.x.i386unix</ulink></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink
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url="news:comp.windows.x">comp.windows.x</ulink></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink
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url="news:comp.windows.x.apps">comp.windows.x.apps</ulink></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink
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url="news:comp.windows.x.announce">comp.windows.x.announce</ulink></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink
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url="news:comp.windows.x.intrinsics">comp.windows.x.intrinsics</ulink></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink
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url="news:comp.windows.x.motif">comp.windows.x.motif</ulink></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink
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url="news:comp.windows.x.pex">comp.windows.x.pex</ulink></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink
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url="news:comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine">comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine</ulink></para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="eresources-web">
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<title>World Wide Web Servers</title>
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&chap.eresources.www.inc;
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="eresources-email">
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<title>Email Addresses</title>
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<para>The following user groups provide FreeBSD related email addresses
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for their members. The listed administrator reserves the right to
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revoke the address if it is abused in any way.</para>
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<informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
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<tgroup cols="4">
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<thead>
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<row>
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<entry>Domain</entry>
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<entry>Facilities</entry>
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<entry>User Group</entry>
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<entry>Administrator</entry>
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</row>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<row>
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<entry>ukug.uk.FreeBSD.org</entry>
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<entry>Forwarding only</entry>
|
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<entry><email>freebsd-users@uk.FreeBSD.org</email></entry>
|
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<entry>Lee Johnston
|
|
<email>lee@uk.FreeBSD.org</email></entry>
|
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</row>
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</tbody>
|
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</tgroup>
|
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</informaltable>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="eresources-shell">
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<title>Shell Accounts</title>
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<para>The following user groups provide shell accounts for people who are
|
|
actively supporting the FreeBSD project. The listed administrator
|
|
reserves the right to cancel the account if it is abused in any
|
|
way.</para>
|
|
|
|
<informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
|
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<tgroup cols="4">
|
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<thead>
|
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<row>
|
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<entry>Host</entry>
|
|
<entry>Access</entry>
|
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<entry>Facilities</entry>
|
|
<entry>Administrator</entry>
|
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</row>
|
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</thead>
|
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|
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<tbody>
|
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<row>
|
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<entry>dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org</entry>
|
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<entry>Telnet/FTP/SSH</entry>
|
|
<entry>Email, Web space, Anonymous FTP</entry>
|
|
<entry>Lee Johnston
|
|
<email>lee@uk.FreeBSD.org</email></entry>
|
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</row>
|
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</tbody>
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</tgroup>
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</sect1>
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