Coreutils enthusiasts, With help from Justin Baugh, I have now set up the bug-obsolete-packages mailing list. It functions as an autoresponder for mail sent to bug-sh-utils, bug-textutils and bug-fileutils. The point of doing this is that anybody using those mailing list names is almost certainly using very old versions of the software (probably 6+ years old). They should probably try to reproduce their problem with a newer version of coreutils before mailing bug-coreutils about their problem.
So the idea is to change those old mailing lists into aliases which point at bug-obsolete-paclages. The latter mailing list has no subscribers and will just send an autoresponse. My proposed text for the autoresponse is this: ---8<--- Thanks for your mail about GNU software. Unfortunately, you have sent email to an out-of-date mailing list name. The mailing list has been renamed because the package itself has been renamed. The fact that you are using an out-of-date list (and package) name implies that the software you have been using is now very out of date. If you are writing to report a bug, please take the time to download the updated version of the software. It is likely that your problem has already been fixed in the updated version of the software. If your original email was to one of these lists ... [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ... then you should download a copy of GNU coreutils, which replaced the three packages textutils, sh-utils and fileutils on 2002-09-01. GNU coreutils is available from ftp://ftp.gnu.org:/pub/gnu/coreutils. GNU coreutils is under active maintenance and enhancement, while the software version you appear to be using is at least 6 years old. Within the coreutils source distribution is a file called README-package-renamed-to-coreutils. That file contains pointers to the replacement mailing list. It also contains pointers to list archives; you may even find an answer to your question or a solution to your problem by searching it. If the problem you are having is not fixed by upgrading the software, you may in fact find that the GNU coreutils Frequently Asked Questions list (http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html) contains the information you need. Thanks, The GNU coreutils community ---8<--- Suggestions/corrections? If the eventual plan is to point the old lists at this one in order to get the autoresponse, what testing should we do before switching over? James. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
