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1 Community 2 ========= 3 4 Mailing lists 5 ------------- 6 * `dev@suckless.org` - for dwm/dmenu/st/... users, development discussion, bug 7 reports and general discussion. 8 * `hackers@suckless.org` - **only for patches and upstream patch discussion**. 9 Commit messages and diffs from all suckless projects are posted here and can be 10 replied to. [See patch/hacking guidelines here](//suckless.org/hacking). 11 **DO NOT POST WIKI PATCHES OR BUG REPORTS HERE**. 12 Please inline patches for easier review. 13 * `news@suckless.org` - for release and other news. For admins: please send 14 release news to dev@ too. 15 * `wiki@suckless.org` - for discussion about the wiki, also automatic wiki 16 commit messages are posted here. 17 18 ### Best practice 19 20 When beginning a new discussion on the mailing lists, except for the wiki@ 21 mailing list, prepend your subject with the project name you are referring to. 22 This makes it easier for project maintainers to answer your questions. 23 24 25 Here is an example: 26 27 Subject: [st] X not working 28 29 When sending patches use the following form: 30 31 Subject: [st][patch] subject here 32 33 In both cases describe the problem or the fix clearly. 34 35 * Don't use HTML mail: use plain-text UTF8. 36 * Don't top-post: bottom-post. 37 38 ### Mailing list commands 39 40 Send a mail from your (not yet) subscribed email address to one of the 41 following addresses to perform the described action. 42 43 **After both the `subscribe` and `unsubscribe` command, a confirmation email will be sent to you (so look into your spam bin!)** 44 45 **Note, replace `MAILHOST` with `suckless.org`** 46 47 ### `dev@suckless.org` 48 49 * `dev+subscribe@MAILHOST` - subscribe to the mailing list (read/write) 50 * `dev+subscribe-digest@MAILHOST` - subscribe to the digest version of the mailing list (read/write) 51 * `dev+subscribe-nomail@MAILHOST` - subscribe without receiving e-mails from the mailing list (write) 52 * `dev+unsubscribe@MAILHOST` - unsubscribe from the mailing list 53 * `dev+unsubscribe-digest@MAILHOST` - unsubscribe from the digest version 54 * `dev+unsubscribe-nomail@MAILHOST` - unsubscribe from the nomail version 55 * `dev+get-N@MAILHOST` - retrieve message number N 56 * `dev+help@MAILHOST` - receive detailed description of the mailing list commands 57 58 ### `hackers@suckless.org` 59 60 When sending a patch use the following commands: 61 62 cd $project 63 git send-email --subject-prefix="${PWD##*/}][PATCH" \ 64 --to hackers@suckless.org -1 65 66 This will send the last commit of the repository to the mailing list adding a 67 prefix to the subject which includes the appropriate project name. This allows 68 easier referencing and filtering of the e-mails for the maintainers subscribed 69 to hackers@. 70 71 Be sure to have setup your sender address in git and be subscribed to the 72 mailing list so you can see eventual comments on your patches. 73 74 * `hackers+subscribe@MAILHOST` - subscribe to the mailing list (read/write) 75 * `hackers+subscribe-digest@MAILHOST` - subscribe to the digest version of the mailing list (read/write) 76 * `hackers+subscribe-nomail@MAILHOST` - subscribe without receiving e-mails from the mailing list (write) 77 * `hackers+unsubscribe@MAILHOST` - unsubscribe from the mailing list 78 * `hackers+unsubscribe-digest@MAILHOST` - unsubscribe from the digest version 79 * `hackers+unsubscribe-nomail@MAILHOST` - unsubscribe from the nomail version 80 * `hackers+get-N@MAILHOST` - retrieve message number N 81 * `hackers+help@MAILHOST` - receive detailed description of the mailing list commands 82 83 ### `news@suckless.org` 84 85 * `news+subscribe@MAILHOST` - subscribe to the mailing list (read/write) 86 * `news+subscribe-digest@MAILHOST` - subscribe to the digest version of the mailing list (read/write) 87 * `news+subscribe-nomail@MAILHOST` - subscribe without receiving e-mails from the mailing list (write) 88 * `news+unsubscribe@MAILHOST` - unsubscribe from the mailing list 89 * `news+unsubscribe-digest@MAILHOST` - unsubscribe from the digest version 90 * `news+unsubscribe-nomail@MAILHOST` - unsubscribe from the nomail version 91 * `news+get-N@MAILHOST` - retrieve message number N 92 * `news+help@MAILHOST` - receive detailed description of the mailing list commands 93 94 ### `wiki@suckless.org` 95 96 * `wiki+subscribe@MAILHOST` - subscribe to the mailing list (read/write) 97 * `wiki+subscribe-digest@MAILHOST` - subscribe to the digest version of the mailing list (read/write) 98 * `wiki+subscribe-nomail@MAILHOST` - subscribe without receiving e-mails from the mailing list (write) 99 * `wiki+unsubscribe@MAILHOST` - unsubscribe from the mailing list 100 * `wiki+unsubscribe-digest@MAILHOST` - unsubscribe from the digest version 101 * `wiki+unsubscribe-nomail@MAILHOST` - unsubscribe from the nomail version 102 * `wiki+get-N@MAILHOST` - retrieve message number N 103 * `wiki+help@MAILHOST` - receive detailed description of the mailing list commands 104 105 Mailing lists web archive 106 ------------------------- 107 An archive of all mails posted to the mailing lists is accessible via 108 [lists.suckless.org](//lists.suckless.org/). 109 110 Related lists 111 ------------- 112 * [9fans](http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/mailing_lists/#9fans) - fans of 113 the [Plan 9 from Bell Labs](http://9fans.net) operating system 114 * [inferno-list](http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/mailing_lists/#INFERNO-LIST) 115 - Inferno users and developers 116 * [9front](http://9front.org/) - 9front users and hackers 117 * [cat-v](http://cat-v.org/) - cat-v.org trolling 118 119 IRC 120 --- 121 The channels are in the [OFTC](http://www.oftc.net) IRC network: 122 [irc.oftc.net](irc://irc.oftc.net/) 123 124 Official channel of suckless.org projects: 125 126 * [#suckless](irc://irc.oftc.net/#suckless) 127 128 Other popular channels: 129 130 * [#cat-v](irc://irc.freenode.net/#cat-v) 131 * [#plan9](irc://irc.freenode.net/#plan9) 132 * [#2f30](irc://irc.2f30.org/#2f30)