svn commit: r44413 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources
Warren Block
wblock at FreeBSD.org
Tue Apr 1 22:56:00 UTC 2014
Author: wblock
Date: Tue Apr 1 22:55:59 2014
New Revision: 44413
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/44413
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$FreeBSD$
-->
-<appendix xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0" xml:id="eresources">
+<appendix xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+ xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0"
+ xml:id="eresources">
+
<title>Resources on the Internet</title>
<para>The rapid pace of &os; progress makes print media
impractical as a means of following the latest developments.
- Electronic resources are the best, if not often the only, way
- to stay informed of the latest advances. Since &os; is a
- volunteer effort, the user community itself also generally serves
- as a <quote>technical support department</quote> of sorts, with
+ Electronic resources are the best, if not often the only, way to
+ stay informed of the latest advances. Since &os; is a volunteer
+ effort, the user community itself also generally serves as a
+ <quote>technical support department</quote> of sorts, with
electronic mail, web forums, and USENET news being the most
effective way of reaching that community.</para>
<para>The most important points of contact with the &os; user
- community are outlined below. Please send other resources
- not mentioned here to the &a.doc; so that they
- may also be included.</para>
+ community are outlined below. Please send other resources not
+ mentioned here to the &a.doc; so that they may also be
+ included.</para>
<sect1 xml:id="eresources-mail">
<title>Mailing Lists</title>
<para>The mailing lists are the most direct way of addressing
questions or opening a technical discussion to a concentrated
- &os; audience. There are a wide variety of lists on a number
- of different &os; topics. Sending questions to the
- most appropriate mailing list will invariably assure a faster
- and more accurate response.</para>
+ &os; audience. There are a wide variety of lists on a number of
+ different &os; topics. Sending questions to the most
+ appropriate mailing list will invariably assure a faster and
+ more accurate response.</para>
<para>The charters for the various lists are given at the bottom
of this document. <emphasis>Please read the charter before
- joining or sending mail to any list</emphasis>. Most
- list subscribers receive many hundreds of &os; related
- messages every day, and the charters and rules for
- use are meant to keep the signal-to-noise ratio
- of the lists high. To do less would see the mailing lists
- ultimately fail as an effective communications medium for the
- Project.</para>
+ joining or sending mail to any list</emphasis>. Most list
+ subscribers receive many hundreds of &os; related messages every
+ day, and the charters and rules for use are meant to keep the
+ signal-to-noise ratio of the lists high. To do less would see
+ the mailing lists ultimately fail as an effective communications
+ medium for the Project.</para>
<note>
- <para><emphasis>To test the ability to send email to
- &os; lists, send a test message to &a.test.name;.</emphasis>
- Please do not send test messages to any other list.</para>
+ <para><emphasis>To test the ability to send email to &os; lists,
+ send a test message to &a.test.name;.</emphasis> Please do
+ not send test messages to any other list.</para>
</note>
<para>When in doubt about what list to post a question to, see
- <link xlink:href="&url.articles.freebsd-questions;">How to get best
- results from the FreeBSD-questions mailing
+ <link xlink:href="&url.articles.freebsd-questions;">How to get
+ best results from the FreeBSD-questions mailing
list</link>.</para>
- <para>Before posting to any list, please learn about how to
- best use the mailing lists, such as how to help avoid
- frequently-repeated discussions, by reading the <link xlink:href="&url.articles.mailing-list-faq;"> Mailing List Frequently
- Asked Questions</link> (FAQ) document.</para>
+ <para>Before posting to any list, please learn about how to best
+ use the mailing lists, such as how to help avoid
+ frequently-repeated discussions, by reading the
+ <link xlink:href="&url.articles.mailing-list-faq;">Mailing List
+ Frequently Asked Questions</link> (FAQ) document.</para>
<para>Archives are kept for all of the mailing lists and can be
- searched using the <link xlink:href="&url.base;/search/index.html">&os; World Wide Web
- server</link>. The keyword searchable archive offers an
+ searched using the
+ <link xlink:href="&url.base;/search/index.html">&os; World Wide
+ Web server</link>. The keyword searchable archive offers an
excellent way of finding answers to frequently asked questions
and should be consulted before posting a question. Note that
- this also means that messages sent to &os; mailing lists
- are archived in perpetuity. When protecting privacy is a
- concern, consider using a disposable secondary email address
- and posting only public information.</para>
+ this also means that messages sent to &os; mailing lists are
+ archived in perpetuity. When protecting privacy is a concern,
+ consider using a disposable secondary email address and posting
+ only public information.</para>
<sect2 xml:id="eresources-summary">
<title>List Summary</title>
@@ -92,7 +96,7 @@
<row>
<entry>&a.announce.name;</entry>
<entry>Important events and Project milestones
-(moderated)</entry>
+ (moderated)</entry>
</row>
<row>
@@ -166,11 +170,10 @@
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
- <para><emphasis>Technical lists:</emphasis> The following
- lists are for technical discussion. Read the
- charter for each list carefully before joining or sending
- mail to one as there are firm guidelines for their use and
- content.</para>
+ <para><emphasis>Technical lists:</emphasis> The following lists
+ are for technical discussion. Read the charter for each list
+ carefully before joining or sending mail to one as there are
+ firm guidelines for their use and content.</para>
<informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
<tgroup cols="2">
@@ -624,10 +627,10 @@
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
- <para><emphasis>Limited lists:</emphasis> The following lists
+ <para><emphasis>Limited lists:</emphasis> The following lists
are for more specialized (and demanding) audiences and are
- probably not of interest to the general public. It is also
- a good idea to establish a presence in the technical lists
+ probably not of interest to the general public. It is also a
+ good idea to establish a presence in the technical lists
before joining one of these limited lists in order to
understand the communications etiquette involved.</para>
@@ -666,16 +669,16 @@
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
- <para><emphasis>Digest lists:</emphasis> All of the above lists
+ <para><emphasis>Digest lists:</emphasis> All of the above lists
are available in a digest format. Once subscribed to a list,
the digest options can be changed in the account options
section.</para>
- <para><emphasis>SVN lists:</emphasis> The following lists
- are for people interested in seeing the log messages for
- changes to various areas of the source tree. They are
- <emphasis>Read-Only</emphasis> lists and should not have
- mail sent to them.</para>
+ <para><emphasis>SVN lists:</emphasis> The following lists are
+ for people interested in seeing the log messages for changes
+ to various areas of the source tree. They are
+ <emphasis>Read-Only</emphasis> lists and should not have mail
+ sent to them.</para>
<informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
<tgroup cols="3">
@@ -693,8 +696,8 @@
<entry><filename>/usr/doc</filename></entry>
<entry>All changes to the doc Subversion repository
(except for <filename>user</filename>,
- <filename>projects</filename>
- and <filename>translations</filename>)</entry>
+ <filename>projects</filename> and
+ <filename>translations</filename>)</entry>
</row>
<row>
@@ -860,90 +863,89 @@
<title>How to Subscribe</title>
<para>To subscribe to a list, click the list name at
- &a.mailman.lists.link;.
- The page that is displayed should contain all of the
- necessary subscription instructions for that list.</para>
+ &a.mailman.lists.link;. The page that is displayed should
+ contain all of the necessary subscription instructions for
+ that list.</para>
<para>To actually post to a given list, send mail to
<email><replaceable>listname</replaceable>@FreeBSD.org</email>.
It will then be redistributed to mailing list members
world-wide.</para>
- <para>To unsubscribe from a list, click on the URL
- found at the bottom of every email received from the list.
- It is also possible to send an email to
+ <para>To unsubscribe from a list, click on the URL found at the
+ bottom of every email received from the list. It is also
+ possible to send an email to
<email><replaceable>listname</replaceable>-unsubscribe at FreeBSD.org</email>
to unsubscribe.</para>
- <para>It is important to keep discussion
- in the technical mailing lists on a technical track. To
- only receive important announcements, instead
- join the &a.announce;, which is intended
- for infrequent traffic.</para>
+ <para>It is important to keep discussion in the technical
+ mailing lists on a technical track. To only receive important
+ announcements, instead join the &a.announce;, which is
+ intended for infrequent traffic.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 xml:id="eresources-charters">
<title>List Charters</title>
- <para><emphasis>All</emphasis> &os; mailing lists have
- certain basic rules which must be adhered to by anyone using
- them. Failure to comply with these guidelines will result
- in two (2) written warnings from the &os; Postmaster
- <email>postmaster at FreeBSD.org</email>, after which, on a
- third offense, the poster will removed from all &os;
- mailing lists and filtered from further posting to them. We
- regret that such rules and measures are necessary at all,
- but today's Internet is a pretty harsh environment, it would
- seem, and many fail to appreciate just how fragile some of
- its mechanisms are.</para>
+ <para><emphasis>All</emphasis> &os; mailing lists have certain
+ basic rules which must be adhered to by anyone using them.
+ Failure to comply with these guidelines will result in two (2)
+ written warnings from the &os; Postmaster
+ <email>postmaster at FreeBSD.org</email>, after which, on a third
+ offense, the poster will removed from all &os; mailing lists
+ and filtered from further posting to them. We regret that
+ such rules and measures are necessary at all, but today's
+ Internet is a pretty harsh environment, it would seem, and
+ many fail to appreciate just how fragile some of its
+ mechanisms are.</para>
<para>Rules of the road:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>The topic of any posting should adhere to the basic
- charter of the list it is posted to. If the list
- is about technical issues, the posting should contain
- technical discussion. Ongoing irrelevant chatter or
- flaming only detracts from the value of the mailing list
- for everyone on it and will not be tolerated. For
- free-form discussion on no particular topic, the &a.chat;
- is freely available and should be used instead.</para>
+ charter of the list it is posted to. If the list is about
+ technical issues, the posting should contain technical
+ discussion. Ongoing irrelevant chatter or flaming only
+ detracts from the value of the mailing list for everyone
+ on it and will not be tolerated. For free-form discussion
+ on no particular topic, the &a.chat; is freely available
+ and should be used instead.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>No posting should be made to more than 2 mailing
lists, and only to 2 when a clear and obvious need to post
- to both lists exists. For most lists, there is already
- a great deal of subscriber overlap and except for the most
+ to both lists exists. For most lists, there is already a
+ great deal of subscriber overlap and except for the most
esoteric mixes (say <quote>-stable & -scsi</quote>),
there really is no reason to post to more than one list at
- a time. If a message is received with
- multiple mailing lists on the <literal>Cc</literal>
- line, trim the <literal>Cc</literal> line
- before replying. <emphasis>The person who replies is
- still responsible for cross-posting, no matter
- who the originator might have been.</emphasis></para>
+ a time. If a message is received with multiple mailing
+ lists on the <literal>Cc</literal> line, trim the
+ <literal>Cc</literal> line before replying. <emphasis>The
+ person who replies is still responsible for
+ cross-posting, no matter who the originator might have
+ been.</emphasis></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Personal attacks and profanity (in the context of
- an argument) are not allowed, and that includes users
- and developers alike. Gross breaches of netiquette,
- like excerpting or reposting private mail when permission
- to do so was not and would not be forthcoming, are frowned
- upon but not specifically enforced.
- <emphasis>However</emphasis>, there are also very few
- cases where such content would fit within the charter
- of a list and it would therefore probably rate a warning
- (or ban) on that basis alone.</para>
+ <para>Personal attacks and profanity (in the context of an
+ argument) are not allowed, and that includes users and
+ developers alike. Gross breaches of netiquette, like
+ excerpting or reposting private mail when permission to do
+ so was not and would not be forthcoming, are frowned upon
+ but not specifically enforced.
+ <emphasis>However</emphasis>, there are also very few
+ cases where such content would fit within the charter of a
+ list and it would therefore probably rate a warning (or
+ ban) on that basis alone.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Advertising of non-&os; related products or
- services is strictly prohibited and will result in an
- immediate ban if it is clear that the offender is
- advertising by spam.</para>
+ <para>Advertising of non-&os; related products or services
+ is strictly prohibited and will result in an immediate ban
+ if it is clear that the offender is advertising by
+ spam.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -978,13 +980,13 @@
<para><emphasis>Important events /
milestones</emphasis></para>
- <para>This is the mailing list for people interested
- only in occasional announcements of significant &os;
- events. This includes announcements about snapshots
- and other releases. It contains announcements of new
- &os; capabilities. It may contain calls for
- volunteers etc. This is a low volume, strictly
- moderated mailing list.</para>
+ <para>This is the mailing list for people interested only
+ in occasional announcements of significant &os; events.
+ This includes announcements about snapshots and other
+ releases. It contains announcements of new &os;
+ capabilities. It may contain calls for volunteers etc.
+ This is a low volume, strictly moderated mailing
+ list.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1059,9 +1061,10 @@
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Bug reports</emphasis></para>
- <para>This is the mailing list for reporting bugs in
- &os;. Whenever possible, bugs should be submitted
- using the &man.send-pr.1; command or the <link xlink:href="&url.base;/send-pr.html">WEB
+ <para>This is the mailing list for reporting bugs in &os;.
+ Whenever possible, bugs should be submitted using the
+ &man.send-pr.1; command or the
+ <link xlink:href="&url.base;/send-pr.html">WEB
interface</link> to it.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1073,16 +1076,16 @@
<para><emphasis>Non technical items related to the &os;
community</emphasis></para>
- <para>This list contains the overflow from the other
- lists about non-technical, social information. It
- includes discussion about whether Jordan looks like a
- toon ferret or not, whether or not to type in capitals,
- who is drinking too much coffee, where the best beer
- is brewed, who is brewing beer in their basement, and
- so on. Occasional announcements of important events
- (such as upcoming parties, weddings, births, new jobs,
- etc) can be made to the technical lists, but the follow
- ups should be directed to this -chat list.</para>
+ <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>
@@ -1164,8 +1167,8 @@
and projects related to the creation of documentation
for &os;. The members of this mailing list are
collectively referred to as <quote>The &os;
- Documentation Project</quote>. It is an open list;
- feel free to join and contribute!</para>
+ Documentation Project</quote>. It is an open list; feel
+ free to join and contribute!</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1176,10 +1179,10 @@
<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;
+ <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>
@@ -1192,10 +1195,10 @@
&os;</emphasis></para>
<para>DTrace is an integrated component of &os; that
- provides a framework for understanding the kernel as
- well as user space programs at run time. The mailing
- list is an archived discussion for developers of the
- code as well as those using it.</para>
+ provides a framework for understanding the kernel as
+ well as user space programs at run time. The mailing
+ list is an archived discussion for developers of the
+ code as well as those using it.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1231,17 +1234,17 @@
<para><emphasis>Using &os; in embedded
applications</emphasis></para>
- <para>This list discusses topics related to using &os;
- in embedded systems. This is a technical mailing list
- for which strictly technical content is expected. For
- the purpose of this list, embedded systems are
- those computing devices which are not desktops and which
+ <para>This list discusses topics related to using &os; in
+ embedded systems. This is a technical mailing list for
+ which strictly technical content is expected. For the
+ purpose of this list, embedded systems are those
+ computing devices which are not desktops and which
usually serve a single purpose as opposed to being
general computing environments. Examples include, but
are not limited to, all kinds of phone handsets, network
equipment such as routers, switches and PBXs, remote
- measuring equipment, PDAs, Point Of Sale systems, and
- so on.</para>
+ measuring equipment, PDAs, Point Of Sale systems, and so
+ on.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1267,10 +1270,10 @@
Project.</emphasis></para>
<para>This list is for those interested in providing or
- making use of peer support of &os;-related software
- for which the &os; Project no longer provides
- official support in the form of security
- advisories and patches.</para>
+ making use of peer support of &os;-related software for
+ which the &os; Project no longer provides official
+ support in the form of security advisories and
+ patches.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1283,11 +1286,11 @@
<para>This is a mailing list for discussion of the design
and implementation of a &firewire; (aka IEEE 1394 aka
- iLink) subsystem for &os;. Relevant topics
- specifically include the standards, bus devices and
- their protocols, adapter boards/cards/chips sets, and
- the architecture and implementation of code for their
- proper support.</para>
+ iLink) subsystem for &os;. Relevant topics specifically
+ include the standards, bus devices and their protocols,
+ adapter boards/cards/chips sets, and the architecture
+ and implementation of code for their proper
+ support.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1299,8 +1302,8 @@
<para>This is the mailing list for discussion of Fortran
related ports on &os;: compilers, libraries, scientific
- and engineering applications from laptops to HPC clusters.
- </para>
+ and engineering applications from laptops to HPC
+ clusters.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1310,9 +1313,9 @@
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>File systems</emphasis></para>
- <para>Discussions concerning &os; filesystems.
- This is a technical mailing list for which strictly
- technical content is expected.</para>
+ <para>Discussions concerning &os; filesystems. This is a
+ technical mailing list for which strictly technical
+ content is expected.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1322,11 +1325,12 @@
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Games on &os;</emphasis></para>
- <para>This is a technical list for discussions related to bringing
- games to &os;. It is for individuals actively working on
- porting games to &os;, to bring up problems or discuss
- alternative solutions. Individuals interested in following the
- technical discussion are also welcome.</para>
+ <para>This is a technical list for discussions related to
+ bringing games to &os;. It is for individuals actively
+ working on porting games to &os;, to bring up problems
+ or discuss alternative solutions. Individuals
+ interested in following the technical discussion are
+ also welcome.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1402,8 +1406,8 @@
<para><emphasis>Porting &os; to IA64</emphasis></para>
<para>This is a technical mailing list for individuals
- actively working on porting &os; to the IA-64
- platform from &intel;, to bring up problems or discuss
+ actively working on porting &os; to the IA-64 platform
+ from &intel;, to bring up problems or discuss
alternative solutions. Individuals interested in
following the technical discussion are also
welcome.</para>
@@ -1428,9 +1432,8 @@
<para><emphasis>&java; Development</emphasis></para>
<para>This is the mailing list for people discussing the
- development of significant &java; applications for
- &os; and the porting and maintenance of
- &jdk;s.</para>
+ development of significant &java; applications for &os;
+ and the porting and maintenance of &jdk;s.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1443,15 +1446,16 @@
<para>This is a forum for posting employment notices
specifically related to &os; and resumes from those
seeking &os;-related employment. This is
- <emphasis>not</emphasis> a mailing list
- for general employment issues since adequate forums
- for that already exist elsewhere.</para>
-
- <para>Note that this list, like other <systemitem class="fqdomainname">FreeBSD.org</systemitem> mailing lists,
- is distributed worldwide. Be clear
- about the geographic location and the extent to which
- telecommuting or
- assistance with relocation is available.</para>
+ <emphasis>not</emphasis> a mailing list for general
+ employment issues since adequate forums for that already
+ exist elsewhere.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that this list, like other <systemitem
+ class="fqdomainname">FreeBSD.org</systemitem>
+ mailing lists, is distributed worldwide. Be clear about
+ the geographic location and the extent to which
+ telecommuting or assistance with relocation is
+ available.</para>
<para>Email should use open formats only —
preferably plain text, but basic Portable Document
@@ -1483,8 +1487,8 @@
<para>This is a forum for technical discussions related
to &os;. This is the primary technical mailing list.
- It is for individuals actively working on &os;, to
- bring up problems or discuss alternative solutions.
+ It is for individuals actively working on &os;, to bring
+ up problems or discuss alternative solutions.
Individuals interested in following the technical
discussion are also welcome. This is a technical
mailing list for which strictly technical content is
@@ -1499,8 +1503,8 @@
<para><emphasis>General discussion of &os;
hardware</emphasis></para>
- <para>General discussion about the types of hardware
- that &os; runs on, various problems and suggestions
+ <para>General discussion about the types of hardware that
+ &os; runs on, various problems and suggestions
concerning what to buy or avoid.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1511,8 +1515,8 @@
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Mirror sites</emphasis></para>
- <para>Announcements and discussion for people who run
- &os; mirror sites.</para>
+ <para>Announcements and discussion for people who run &os;
+ mirror sites.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1524,9 +1528,9 @@
Providers</emphasis></para>
<para>This mailing list is for discussing topics relevant
- to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) using &os;.
- This is a technical mailing list for which strictly
- technical content is expected.</para>
+ to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) using &os;. This
+ is a technical mailing list for which strictly technical
+ content is expected.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1539,11 +1543,11 @@
<para>This is a list for discussions related to the Mono
development framework on &os;. This is a technical
- mailing list. It is for individuals actively working
- on porting Mono or C# applications to &os;, to bring
- up problems or discuss alternative solutions.
- Individuals interested in following the technical
- discussion are also welcome.</para>
+ mailing list. It is for individuals actively working on
+ porting Mono or C# applications to &os;, to bring up
+ problems or discuss alternative solutions. Individuals
+ interested in following the technical discussion are
+ also welcome.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1554,9 +1558,9 @@
<para><emphasis>Office applications on
&os;</emphasis></para>
- <para>Discussion centers around office applications,
- their installation, their development and their support
- within &os;.</para>
+ <para>Discussion centers around office applications, their
+ installation, their development and their support within
+ &os;.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1571,8 +1575,8 @@
changes and issues related to the FreeBSD.org Project
infrastructure.</para>
- <para>This moderated list is strictly for announcements: no replies,
- requests, discussions, or opinions.</para>
+ <para>This moderated list is strictly for announcements:
+ no replies, requests, discussions, or opinions.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1585,21 +1589,20 @@
<para>This mailing list exists to provide a place for
hackers, administrators, and/or concerned parties to
- discuss performance related topics pertaining to
- &os;. Acceptable topics includes talking about
- &os; installations that are either under high load,
- are experiencing performance problems, or are pushing
- the limits of &os;. Concerned parties that are
- willing to work toward improving the performance of
- &os; are highly encouraged to subscribe to this list.
- This is a highly technical list ideally suited for
- experienced &os; users, hackers, or administrators
- interested in keeping &os; fast, robust, and
- scalable. This list is not a question-and-answer list
- that replaces reading through documentation, but it is a
- place to make contributions or inquire about unanswered
- performance related topics.</para>
-
+ discuss performance related topics pertaining to &os;.
+ Acceptable topics includes talking about &os;
+ installations that are either under high load, are
+ experiencing performance problems, or are pushing the
+ limits of &os;. Concerned parties that are willing to
+ work toward improving the performance of &os; are highly
+ encouraged to subscribe to this list. This is a highly
+ technical list ideally suited for experienced &os;
+ users, hackers, or administrators interested in keeping
+ &os; fast, robust, and scalable. This list is not a
+ question-and-answer list that replaces reading through
+ documentation, but it is a place to make contributions
+ or inquire about unanswered performance related
+ topics.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1611,11 +1614,9 @@
filter firewall system</emphasis></para>
<para>Discussion concerning the packet filter (pf)
- firewall system in terms of &os;. Technical
- discussion and user questions are both welcome. This
- list is also a place to discuss the ALTQ QoS
- framework.</para>
-
+ firewall system in terms of &os;. Technical discussion
+ and user questions are both welcome. This list is also
+ a place to discuss the ALTQ QoS framework.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1643,11 +1644,11 @@
<term>&a.pkg-fallout.name;</term>
<listitem>
- <para><emphasis>Fallout logs from package building</emphasis></para>
-
- <para>All packages building failures logs from the package building
- clusters</para>
+ <para><emphasis>Fallout logs from package
+ building</emphasis></para>
+ <para>All packages building failures logs from the package
+ building clusters</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1658,9 +1659,9 @@
<para><emphasis>Porting to Non &intel;
platforms</emphasis></para>
- <para>Cross-platform &os; issues, general discussion
- and proposals for non &intel; &os; ports. This is
- a technical mailing list for which strictly technical
+ <para>Cross-platform &os; issues, general discussion and
+ proposals for non &intel; &os; ports. This is a
+ technical mailing list for which strictly technical
content is expected.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1688,8 +1689,9 @@
&os; <quote>Ports
Collection</quote></emphasis></para>
- <para>Important news for developers, porters, and users
- of the <quote>Ports Collection</quote> (<filename>/usr/ports</filename>), including
+ <para>Important news for developers, porters, and users of
+ the <quote>Ports Collection</quote>
+ (<filename>/usr/ports</filename>), including
architecture/infrastructure changes, new capabilities,
critical upgrade instructions, and release engineering
information. This is a low-volume mailing list,
@@ -1721,12 +1723,11 @@
ProLiant server platforms</emphasis></para>
<para>This mailing list is to be used for the technical
- discussion of the usage of &os; on HP ProLiant
- servers, including the discussion of ProLiant-specific
- drivers, management software, configuration tools, and
- BIOS updates. As such, this is the primary place to
- discuss the hpasmd, hpasmcli, and hpacucli
- modules.</para>
+ discussion of the usage of &os; on HP ProLiant servers,
+ including the discussion of ProLiant-specific drivers,
+ management software, configuration tools, and BIOS
+ updates. As such, this is the primary place to discuss
+ the hpasmd, hpasmcli, and hpacucli modules.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1740,7 +1741,7 @@
Python-support on &os;. This is a technical mailing
list. It is for individuals working on porting Python,
its third party modules and
- <application>Zope</application> stuff to &os;.
+ <application>Zope</application> stuff to &os;.
Individuals interested in following the technical
discussion are also welcome.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1752,10 +1753,10 @@
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>User questions</emphasis></para>
- <para>This is the mailing list for questions about
- &os;. Do not send <quote>how to</quote>
- questions to the technical lists unless
- the question is quite technical.</para>
+ <para>This is the mailing list for questions about &os;.
+ Do not send <quote>how to</quote> questions to the
+ technical lists unless the question is quite
+ technical.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1767,9 +1768,9 @@
discussions</emphasis></para>
<para>This is a list for discussions related to the Ruby
- support on &os;. This is a technical mailing
- list. It is for individuals working on Ruby ports,
- third party libraries and frameworks.</para>
+ support on &os;. This is a technical mailing list. It
+ is for individuals working on Ruby ports, third party
+ libraries and frameworks.</para>
<para>Individuals interested in the technical discussion
are also welcome.</para>
@@ -1782,9 +1783,9 @@
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>SCSI subsystem</emphasis></para>
- <para>This is the mailing list for people working on
- the SCSI subsystem for &os;. This is a technical
- mailing list for which strictly technical content is
+ <para>This is the mailing list for people working on the
+ SCSI subsystem for &os;. This is a technical mailing
+ list for which strictly technical content is
expected.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1795,12 +1796,12 @@
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Security issues</emphasis></para>
- <para>&os; computer security issues (DES, Kerberos,
- known security holes and fixes, etc). This is a
- technical mailing list for which strictly technical
- discussion is expected. Note that this is not a
- question-and-answer list, but that contributions (BOTH
- question AND answer) to the FAQ are welcome.</para>
+ <para>&os; computer security issues (DES, Kerberos, known
+ security holes and fixes, etc). This is a technical
+ mailing list for which strictly technical discussion is
+ expected. Note that this is not a question-and-answer
+ list, but that contributions (BOTH question AND answer)
+ to the FAQ are welcome.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1810,9 +1811,9 @@
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Security Notifications</emphasis></para>
- <para>Notifications of &os; security problems and
- fixes. This is not a discussion list. The discussion
- list is FreeBSD-security.</para>
+ <para>Notifications of &os; security problems and fixes.
+ This is not a discussion list. The discussion list is
+ FreeBSD-security.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1844,9 +1845,8 @@
Announcements</emphasis></para>
<para>This list provides notifications about the
- availability
- of new &os; development snapshots for the head/ and
- stable/ branches.</para>
+ availability of new &os; development snapshots for the
+ head/ and stable/ branches.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1859,8 +1859,8 @@
<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
+ -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>
@@ -1874,8 +1874,8 @@
<para><emphasis>C99 & POSIX
Conformance</emphasis></para>
- <para>This is a forum for technical discussions related
- to &os; Conformance to the C99 and the POSIX
+ <para>This is a forum for technical discussions related to
+ &os; Conformance to the C99 and the POSIX
standards.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1887,9 +1887,9 @@
<para><emphasis>Testing on &os;</emphasis></para>
<para>Technical mailing list discussing testing on &os;,
- including ATF/Kyua, test build infrastructure,
- port tests to &os; from other operating systems
- (NetBSD, ...), etc.</para>
+ including ATF/Kyua, test build infrastructure, port
+ tests to &os; from other operating systems (NetBSD,
+ ...), etc.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1916,8 +1916,8 @@
<para><emphasis>Maintenance of &os;'s integrated
toolchain</emphasis></para>
- <para>This is the mailing list for discussions related
- to the maintenance of the toolchain shipped with &os;.
+ <para>This is the mailing list for discussions related to
+ the maintenance of the toolchain shipped with &os;.
This could include the state of Clang and GCC, but also
pieces of software such as assemblers, linkers and
debuggers.</para>
@@ -1944,8 +1944,8 @@
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
+ 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>
@@ -1976,10 +1976,9 @@
Status</emphasis></para>
<para>This mailing list can be used by developers to
- announce the creation
- and progress of &os; related work. Messages
- will be moderated. It is suggested to send the message
- "To:" a more topical &os; list and only "BCC:"
+ announce the creation and progress of &os; related work.
+ Messages will be moderated. It is suggested to send the
+ message "To:" a more topical &os; list and only "BCC:"
this list. This way the WIP can also be discussed on
the topical list, as no discussion is allowed on this
list.</para>
@@ -1988,9 +1987,10 @@
messages.</para>
<para>An editorial digest of the messages to this list
- might be posted to the &os; website every few months
- as part of the Status Reports
- <footnote><para><uri xlink:href="http://www.freebsd.org/news/status/">http://www.freebsd.org/news/status/</uri></para></footnote>.
+ might be posted to the &os; website every few months as
+ part of the Status Reports
+ <footnote><para><uri
+ xlink:href="http://www.freebsd.org/news/status/">http://www.freebsd.org/news/status/</uri></para></footnote>.
Past reports are archived.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -2029,11 +2029,11 @@
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>XFCE</emphasis></para>
- <para>This is a forum for discussions related to bring
- the <application>XFCE</application> environment to &os;.
+ <para>This is a forum for discussions related to bring the
+ <application>XFCE</application> environment to &os;.
This is a technical mailing list. It is for individuals
actively working on porting
- <application>XFCE</application> to &os;, to bring up
+ <application>XFCE</application> to &os;, to bring up
problems or discuss alternative solutions. Individuals
interested in following the technical discussion are
also welcome.</para>
@@ -2046,11 +2046,11 @@
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Zope</emphasis></para>
- <para>This is a forum for discussions related to bring
- the <application>Zope</application> environment to &os;.
+ <para>This is a forum for discussions related to bring the
+ <application>Zope</application> environment to &os;.
This is a technical mailing list. It is for individuals
actively working on porting
- <application>Zope</application> to &os;, to bring up
+ <application>Zope</application> to &os;, to bring up
problems or discuss alternative solutions. Individuals
interested in following the technical discussion are
also welcome.</para>
@@ -2058,6 +2058,7 @@
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
+
<sect2 xml:id="eresources-mailfiltering">
<title>Filtering on the Mailing Lists</title>
@@ -2147,25 +2148,30 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para><link xlink:href="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce">comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce</link></para>
+ <para><link
+ xlink:href="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce">comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce</link></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para><link xlink:href="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc">comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc</link></para>
+ <para><link
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