improving mailing list info
Derek Atkins
warlord at MIT.EDU
Fri Jan 27 10:17:14 EST 2017
Hi Hugh!
Fancy meeting you over here! :)
Anyways, I have fixed the mailing list settings now to be more clear.
-derek
"D. Hugh Redelmeier" <hugh at mimosa.com> writes:
> [beware: newbie posting]
>
> <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo>
>
> contains a line describing gnucash-patches list:
> gnucash-patches Patches for gnucash (makepatch format)
>
> It seems that this list is (1) read-only and (2) contains commit
> messages from the git repository
>
> Could someone change this, perhaps to:
> gnucash-patches commit messages from GNUCash git repository (read-only)
>
> ================
>
> <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-patches>
>
> This says:
>
> About gnucash-patches
> English (USA)
>
> This mailing list is *only* for submitting patches against the current
> CVS tree. Generally there is no general discussion on this list.
>
> To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the
> gnucash-patches Archives.
>
> Or you can search the gnucash-patches Archives.
> Using gnucash-patches
>
> To post a message to all the list members, send email to
> gnucash-patches at gnucash.org.
>
> But:
>
> 1) the CVS tree has been retired
>
> 2) individuals cannot/shouldn't post to this list
>
> 3) this is list not the way to post patches
>
> The text should be reworded. Here is a possible rewording
>
> This mailing list broadcasts commit messages from the GNUCash
> git repository.
>
> To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the
> gnucash-patches Archives.
>
> Or you can search the gnucash-patches Archives.
>
> Do not post to this list.
> _______________________________________________
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> gnucash-devel at gnucash.org
> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
>
>
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