thank you. that helps me understand. i probably won't be asking them a q, if i have to sign up and set up a non-free js in debian or firefox-esr [?]. embark looks interesting though.
On 7/1/22, Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@gmail.com> wrote: > Samuel Wales <samolog...@gmail.com> writes: > >> thanks! i was aware that it was developed on github, but i do not >> know anything about github, and didn't kow if there was a maliing list >> in addition. or are projects given their own mailing lists when they >> are formed on github? or is there an email bidir interface to github? >> or is pretty much absolutely everything for such projects done on >> gh's website and you hae to have an account to ask a q? i might be >> asking too much of gh :). > > Github is not very FSF-friendly. AFAIK, you must have an account to > participate in the discussions. In order to make an account, you also > need to run a non-Free JS. > > To post a question, you usually have to open an "issue" on the website. > Though you can leverage Magit to do it for you without browser. > (https://magit.vc/manual/forge/) > > Tracking new "issues" is somewhat easier - you can make Github send > emails to you and you can reply to those emails normally - the replies > will show up as "comments" in Github page. > > Also, once you created an issue, you can reply by email if you > configured Github to send you email updated. > > Best, > Ihor > -- The Kafka Pandemic A blog about science, health, human rights, and misopathy: https://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com