Hi, bug-, help- and [EMAIL PROTECTED] can now be created from Savannah.
Cf. http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=savane-cleanup.git;a=commitdiff;h=d04be5c6859449481a9d45525bcdf761d2e01ca1 Cheers, -- Sylvain On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 02:38:05PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Karl Berry wrote: > > I remember seeing a document that recommended using help- info- and > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] for GNU packages mailing lists. I can't find it > > anymore (neither 'maintain' nor 'standards'), did that changed? > > > > No, it didn't change. The bug- thing in the Mail node of maintain.texi. > > We should add help- there as well. > > > > The other place you've seen it discussed is rms' dubbing message. I had > > him change that to recommend the circumlotion of creating PKG-bugs in > > savannah and making bug-PKG an alias, purely because they can make that > > list on their own, but they can't make bug-PKG. It would be great if > > people could make bug-PKG in savannah. > > Let me also vote to make it possible for users to create their own > bug-PKG automatically. I think the critical mass of convention is > behind bug-PKG and help-PKG and so it would be great if that simply > happened by default. If there had been a consistent form from the > start I don't think it would matter which way that it was but now that > it has been bug-PKG for so long that is the form I would promote. > > Bob > > > File: maintain.info, Node: Mail, Next: Old Versions, Prev: Platforms, > > Up: Top > > > > 7 Dealing With Mail > > ******************* > > > > Once a program is in use, you will get bug reports for it. Most GNU > > programs have their own special lists for sending bug reports. The > > advertised bug-reporting email address should always be > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]', to help show users that the program is a GNU > > package, but it is ok to set up that list to forward to another site > > for further forwarding. The package distribution should state the name > > of the bug-reporting list in a prominent place, and ask users to help > > us by reporting bugs there. >
