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2 XEmacs Electronic Mailing Lists. Last Modified: 1997-01-13
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4 XEmacs has its own mailing list and newsgroup which are distinct from
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5 the FSF GNU Emacs mailing lists and newsgroups. The mailing list is:
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7 xemacs@xemacs.org For reporting all bugs in XEmacs, including bugs
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9 Also for all random questions and conversation
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12 This mailing list is bidirectionally gatewayed into the USENET newsgroup
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15 To be added or removed from this mailing list, send mail to
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16 xemacs-request@xemacs.org (If it is possible for you to read the
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17 messages via the newsgroup, we would prefer that; the fewer people there
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18 are on the mailing list, the less trouble it is to maintain.)
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20 Please do NOT send messages about problems with XEmacs to the FSF GNU
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21 Emacs newsgroups and mailing lists (listed below) unless you are sure
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22 that the problem you are reporting is a problem with both versions of
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23 GNU Emacs. People who aren't subscribed to the XEmacs mailing list most
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26 The XEmacs mailing list is archived at ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/mlists/.
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28 See the file etc/BETA for more information about mailing lists for use
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29 by beta testers and XEmacs developers.
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31 IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT:
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33 Aside from the names of the mailing lists and newsgroups corresponding
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34 to this version of Emacs, the guidelines enumerated below still apply.
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35 Please read them before sending a message.
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38 GNU Project Electronic Mailing Lists and gnUSENET Newsgroups
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39 Last Updated 1 July 97
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41 Please report improvements to: gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu
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43 * GNU mailing lists are also distributed as USENET news groups
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45 The mailing lists are gated both ways with the gnu.all newsgroups at
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46 ohio-state.edu. The one-to-one correspondence is indicated below. If
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47 you don't know if your site is on USENET, ask your system administrator.
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48 If you are a USENET site and don't get the gnu.all newsgroups, please
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49 ask your USENET administrator to get them. If he has your feeds ask
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50 their feeds, you should win. And everyone else wins: newsgroups make
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51 better use of the limited bandwidth of the computer networks and your
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52 home machine than mailing list traffic; and staying off the mailing
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53 lists make better use of the people who maintain the lists and the
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54 machines that the GNU people working with rms use (i.e. we have more
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55 time to produce code!!). Thanx.
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57 * Getting the mailing lists directly
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59 If several users at your site or local network want to read a list and
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60 you aren't a USENET site, Project GNU would prefer that you would set up
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61 one address that redistributes locally. This reduces overhead on our
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62 people and machines, your gateway machine, and the network(s) used to
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63 transport the mail from us to you.
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65 * How to subscribe to and report bugs in mailing lists
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67 Send messages ABOUT these lists, such as reports of mail problems, or
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68 requests to be added or removed, to help-gnu-emacs-request (or
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69 info-gnu-request, bug-gdb-request, etc.), NOT to info-gnu-emacs (or
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70 info-gnu, etc.). These <LIST_NAME>-request addresses go only to the
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71 people who can do something about your requests or problems, and thus
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72 avoids disturbing everyone else.
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74 Note that all GNU mailing lists are maintained by volunteers. They get
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75 behind occasionally. Wait at least 3 or 4 days before asking again.
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76 Thanks!
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78 Many of the GNU mailing lists are very large and are received by many
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79 people. Please don't send them anything that is not seriously important
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80 to all their readers. All GNU mailing lists are unmoderated, mail
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81 reflectors, except info-gnu, info-gnu-emacs, info-gcc, info-g++,
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82 info-gnu-fortran.
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84 All addresses below are in internet format. Consult the mail guru for
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85 your computer to figure out address syntaxes from other networks. From
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86 UUCP machines:
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87 ..!ucbvax!prep.ai.mit.edu!ADDRESS
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88 ..!uunet!prep.ai.mit.edu!ADDRESS
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90 If a message you mail to a list is returned from a MAILER-DAEMON (often
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91 with the line:
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92 ----- Transcript of session follows -----
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93 don't resend the message to the list. All this return means is that
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94 your original message failed to reach a few addresses on the list. Such
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95 messages are NEVER a reason to resend a piece of mail a 2nd time. This
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96 just bothers all (less the few delivery failures (which will probably
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97 just fail again!)) of the readers of the list with a message they have
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98 already seen. It also wastes computer and network resources.
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100 It is appropriate to send these to the -request address for a list, and
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101 ask them to check the problem out.
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103 * Send Specific Requests for Information to: gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu
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105 Specific requests for information about obtaining GNU software, or GNU
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106 activities in Cambridge and elsewhere can be directed to:
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107 gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu
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109 * General Information about all lists
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111 Please keep each message under 25,000 characters. Some mailers bounce
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112 messages that are longer than this. If your message is long, it is
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113 generally better to send a message offering to make the large file
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114 available to only those people who want it (e.g. mailing it to people
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115 who ask, or putting it up for FTP). In the case of gnu.emacs.sources,
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116 somewhat larger postings (up to 10 parts of no more than 25,000
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117 characters each) are acceptable (assuming they are likely to be of
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118 interest to a reasonable number of people); if it is larger than that
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119 have it added to archive.cis.ohio-state.edu (the GNU Emacs Lisp ftp and
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120 uucp archive on and announce) its location there. Good bug reports are
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121 short. See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and ...'
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122 for further details.
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124 Most of the time, when you reply to a message sent to a list, the reply
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125 should not go to the list. But most mail reading programs supply, by
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126 default, all the recipients of the original as recipients of the reply.
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127 Make a point of deleting the list address from the header when it does
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128 not belong. This prevents bothering all readers of a list, and reduces
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129 network congestion.
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131 The GNU mailing lists and newsgroups, like the GNU project itself, exist
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132 to promote the freedom to share software. So don't use these lists to
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133 promote or recommend non-free software. (Using them to post ordering
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134 information is the ultimate faux pas.) If there is no free program to
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135 do a certain task, then somebody should write one!
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137 * General Information about info-* lists
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139 These lists and their newsgroups are meant for important announcements.
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140 Since the GNU project uses software development as a means for social
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141 change, the announcements may be technical or political.
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143 Most GNU projects info-* lists (and their corresponding gnu.*.announce
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144 newsgroups) are moderated to keep their content significant and
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145 relevant. If you have a bug to report, send it to the bug-* list. If
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146 you need help on something else and the help-* list exists, ask it.
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148 See section '* General Information about all lists'.
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150 * General Information about help-* lists
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152 These lists (and their newsgroups) exist for anyone to ask questions
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153 about the GNU software that the list deals with. The lists are read by
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154 people who are willing to take the time to help other users.
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156 When you answer the questions that people ask on the help-* lists, keep
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157 in mind that you shouldn't answer by promoting a proprietary program as
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158 a solution. The only real solutions are the ones all the readers can
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159 share.
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161 If a program crashes, or if you build it following the standard
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162 procedure on a system on which it is supposed to work and it does not
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163 work at all, or if an command does not behave as it is documented to
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164 behave, this is a bug. Don't send bug reports to a help-* list; mail
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165 them to the bug-* list instead.
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167 See section '* General Information about all lists'.
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169 * General Information about bug-* lists and reporting program bugs
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172 might be a misunderstanding or even a feature. Before beginning to
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173 report bugs, please read the section ``Reporting Emacs Bugs'' toward the
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174 end of the GNU Emacs reference manual (or node Emacs/Bugs in Emacs's
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176 reports. For GNU programs other than GNU Emacs, also consult their
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177 documentation for their bug reporting procedures. Always include the
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178 version number of the GNU program, as well as the operating system and
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179 machine the program was ran on (if the program doesn't have a version
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180 number, send the date of the latest entry in the file ChangeLog). For
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181 GNU Emacs bugs, type "M-x emacs-version". A debugger backtrace of any
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182 core dump, can also be useful. Be careful to separate out hypothesis
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183 from fact! For bugs in GNU Emacs lisp, set variable debug-on-error to
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184 t, and re-enter the command(s) that cause the error message; Emacs will
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185 pop up a debug buffer if something is wrong; please include a copy of
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186 the buffer in your bug report. Please also try to make your bug report
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187 as short as possible; distill the problem to as few lines of code and/or
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188 input as possible. GNU maintainers give priority to the shortest, high
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189 quality bug reports.
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191 Please don't send in a patch without a test case to illustrate the
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192 problem the patch is supposed to fix. Sometimes the patches aren't
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193 correct or aren't the best way to do the job, and without a test case
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194 there is no way to debug an alternate fix.
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195
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196 The purpose of reporting a bug is to enable the bug to be fixed for the
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197 sake of the whole community of users. You may or may not receive a
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198 response; the maintainers will send one if that helps them find or
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199 verify a fix. Most GNU maintainers are volunteers and all are
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200 overworked; they don't have time to help individuals and still fix the
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201 bugs and make the improvements that everyone wants. If you want help
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202 for yourself in particular, you may have to hire someone. The GNU
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203 project maintains a list of people providing such services. It is
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204 distributed with GNU Emacs in file etc/SERVICE, and can be requested
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207 Anything addressed to the implementors and maintainers of a GNU program
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208 via a bug-* list, should NOT be sent to the corresponding info-* or
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211 Please DON'T post your bug reports on the gnu.*.bug newsgroups! Mail
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212 them to bug-*@prep instead! At first sight, it seems to make no
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215 reach you is lost in the message that goes on the mailing list. It
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217 in the bug report that we don't understand;
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218 - bug reports reach the GNU maintainers quickest when they are
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219 sent to the bug-* mailing list submittal address;
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220 - mail is much more reliable then netnews; and
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221 - if the internet mailers can't get your bug report delivered,
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222 they almost always send you an error message, so you can find another
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223 way to get the bug report in. When netnews fails to get your message
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224 delivered to the maintainers, you'll never know about it and the
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225 maintainers will never see the bug report.
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226
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227 And please DON'T post your GNU bug reports to comp.* or other gnu.*
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228 newsgroups, they never make it to the GNU maintainers at all. Please
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229 mail them to bug-*@prep instead!
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230
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231 See section '* General Information about all lists'.
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232
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234 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.announce
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235 ** Send announcements to: info-gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu
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237 This list distributes progress reports on the GNU Project. It is also
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238 used by the GNU Project to ask people for various kinds of help. It is
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239 NOT for general discussion.
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240
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241 The list is filtered to remove items meant for info-gnu-request, that
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242 can be answered by the moderator without bothering the list, or should
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243 have been sent to another list.
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244
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245 See section '* General Information about info-* lists'.
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246
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247 * gnu-misc-discuss-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to gnu-misc-discuss
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248 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.misc.discuss
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249 ** Send contributions to: gnu-misc-discuss@prep.ai.mit.edu
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250
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251 This list is for serious discussion of freed software, the GNU Project,
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252 the GNU Manifesto, and their implications. It's THE place for
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253 discussion that is not appropriate in the other GNU mailing lists and
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254 gnUSENET newsgroups.
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255
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256 Flaming is out of place. Tit-for-tat is not welcome. Repetition
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257 should not occur.
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259 Good READING and writing are expected. Before posting, wait a while,
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260 cool off, and think.
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261
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262 Don't use this group for complaints and bug reports about GNU software!
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263 The maintainers don't read this group; they won't see your complaint.
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264 Use the appropriate bug-reporting mailing list instead, so that people
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265 who can do something about the problem will see it.
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266
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267 Don't trust pronouncements made on gnu-misc-discuss about what GNU is,
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268 what FSF position is, what the GNU General Public License is, etc.,
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269 unless they are made by someone you know is well connected with GNU and
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270 are sure the message is not forged.
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272 USENET and gnUSENET readers are expected to have read ALL the articles
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273 in news.announce.newusers before posting. If news.announce.newusers is
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274 empty at your site, wait (the articles are posted monthly), your posting
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275 isn't that urgent! Readers on the Internet can anonymous FTP these
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276 articles from host ftp.uu.net under directory ??
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278 Someone from the Free Software Foundation will attempt to follow this
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279 group as time and volume permits.
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281 Remember, "GNUs Not Unix" and "gnUSENET is Not USENET". We have
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282 higher standards!
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284 Note that sending technical questions about specific GNU software to
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285 gnu-misc-discuss is likely to be less useful than sending them to the
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286 appropriate mailing list or gnUSENET newsgroup, since more technical
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287 people read those.
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288
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289 * bug-gnu-sql-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to bug-gnu-sql
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290 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: NONE PLANNED
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291 ** GNU-SQL BUG reports to: bug-gnu-sql@prep.ai.mit.edu
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292
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293 This list distributes, to the active maintainers of GNU's SQL (GNU's SQL
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294 full scale database server), bug reports and fixes for, and suggestions
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295 for improvements to GNU's SQL. User discussion of GNU's SQL also occurs
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296 here.
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297
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298 There are no other GNU mailing lists or gnUSENET newsgroups for GNU's SQL.
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299
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300 See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and reporting
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301 program bugs'.
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302
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303 * bug-guile-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to bug-guile
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304 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: NONE PLANNED
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305 ** GUILE BUG reports to: bug-guile@prep.ai.mit.edu
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307 This list distributes, to the active maintainers of GUILE (GNU's
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308 Ubiquitous Extension Language), bug reports and fixes for, and suggestions for
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309 improvements to GUILE. User discussion of GUILE also occurs here.
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310
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311 There are no other GNU mailing lists or gnUSENET newsgroups for GUILE .
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313 See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and reporting
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314 program bugs'.
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315
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316 * guile-sources-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to guile-sources
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317 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: NONE PLANNED
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318 ** Guile source code to: guile-sources@prep.ai.mit.edu
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320 This list will be for the posting, by their authors, of GUILE, Scheme,
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321 and C sources and patches that improve Guile. Its contents will be
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322 reviewed by the FSF for inclusion in future releases of GUILE.
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323
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324 Please do NOT discuss or request source code here. Use bug-guile for
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325 those purposes. This allows the automatic archiving of sources posted
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326 to this list.
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328 Please do NOT post such sources to any other GNU mailing list (e.g
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329 bug-guile) or gnUSENET newsgroups. It's up to each poster to decide
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330 whether to cross-post to any non-gnUSENET newsgroup.
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332 Please do NOT announce that you have posted source code to guile.sources
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333 to any other GNU mailing list (e.g. bug-guile) or gnUSENET newsgroups.
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334 People who want to keep up with sources will read this list. It's up to
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335 each poster to decide whether to announce a guile.sources article in any
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336 non-gnUSENET newsgroup (e.g. comp.emacs or comp.sources.d).
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338 If source or patches that were previously posted or a simple fix is
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340 repost it. If you also want something that is requested, send mail to
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341 the requester asking him to forward it to you. This kind of traffic is
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342 best handled by e-mail, not by a broadcast medium that reaches millions
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343 of sites.
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345 If the requested source is very long (>10k bytes) send mail offering to
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346 send it. This prevents the requester from getting many redundant copies
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347 and saves network bandwidth.
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348
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349 * bug-gnustep-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to bug-gnustep
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350 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.gnustep.bug
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351 ** Gnustep bug reports to: bug-gnustep@prep.ai.mit.edu
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352 ** FAQ-URL: none known
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354 ** FAQ-Posting-frequency: none known
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355
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356 This list distributes bug reports for, fixes for bugs in, and
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358
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359 Subscribers to bug-gnustep get all info-gnustep messages.
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360
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361 See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and reporting
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362 program bugs'.
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363
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365 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.gnustep.help
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366 ** Send contributions to: help-gnustep@prep.ai.mit.edu
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369 ** FAQ-Posting-frequency: none known
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370
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371 This list is the place for users and installers of the GNUstep to ask
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372 for help. Please send bug reports to bug-gnustep@prep.ai.mit.edu
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373 instead of posting them here.
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374
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375 See section '* General Information about help-* lists'.
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376
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378 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.gnustep.discuss
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379 ** Send contributions to: discuss-gnustep@prep.ai.mit.edu
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381 ** FAQ-Archive-name: none known
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382 ** FAQ-Posting-frequency: none known
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383
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384 This list is the place for GNUstep users and developers to discuss
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385 GNUstep. Please send bug reports to bug-gnustep@prep.ai.mit.edu
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386 instead of posting them here.
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387
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388 See section '* General Information about discuss-* lists'.
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389
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390 * info-gnustep-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to info-gnustep
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391 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.gnustep.announce
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392 ** Send announcements to: info-gnustep@prep.ai.mit.edu
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393 ** FAQ-URL: none known
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394 ** FAQ-Archive-name: none known
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395 ** FAQ-Posting-frequency: none known
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397 This list distributes announcements and progress reports on GNUstep.
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398 It is NOT for general discussion; please use discuss-gnustep for that.
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399
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400 The list is filtered to remove items meant for info-gnustep-request, that
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401 can be answered by the moderator without bothering the list, or should
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402 have been sent to another list.
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403
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404 Do not report GNUstep bugs to info-gnustep, help-gnustep, or
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405 discuss-gnustep, mail them to bug-gnustep@prep.ai.mit.edu instead.
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406
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407 See section '* General Information about info-* lists'.
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408
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409 * bug-hurd-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to bug-hurd
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410 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.hurd.bug
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411 ** Hurd bug reports to: bug-hurd@prep.ai.mit.edu
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412
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413 This list distributes bug reports for, fixes for bugs in, and
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414 suggestions for improvements in the GNU Hurd to its active developers.
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415
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416 No info-gnu-hurd list is planned. Announcements about the GNU Hurd will
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417 be made to the list info-gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu (see above).
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418
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419 See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and reporting
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420 program bugs'.
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421
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422 * help-hurd-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to help-hurd
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423 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.hurd.help
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424 ** Send contributions to: help-hurd@prep.ai.mit.edu
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425
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426 This list is the place for users and installers of the GNU Hurd to ask
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427 for help.
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428
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429 No info-gnu-hurd list is planned. Announcements about the GNU Hurd will
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430 be made to the list info-gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu (see above).
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431
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432 See section '* General Information about help-* lists'.
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433
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434 * hurd-ann-request@prep.ai.mit.edu IS NOW DEFUNCT
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435 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: NEVER EXISTED
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436 ** DEAD address: hurd-ann@prep.ai.mit.edu
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437
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438 This list is dead. Announcements about the GNU Hurd will be made to the
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439 list info-gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu (see above).
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440
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441 * bug-gnu-emacs-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to bug-gnu-emacs
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442 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.emacs.bug
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443 ** Gnu Emacs bug reports to: bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu
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444
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445 This list distributes, to the active maintainers of GNU Emacs, bug
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446 reports and fixes for, and suggestions for improvements in GNU Emacs.
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447
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448 Send bugs in the GNU Emacs Lisp reference manual to:
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449 lisp-manual-bugs@prep.ai.mit.edu
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450
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451 lisp-manual-bugs is neither a mailing list nor a gnUSENET newsgroup.
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452 It's just a bug-reporting address.
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453
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454 Subscribers to bug-gnu-emacs get all info-gnu-emacs messages.
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455
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456 See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and reporting
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457 program bugs'.
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458
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459 * gnu-emacs-sources-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to gnu-emacs-sources
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460 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.emacs.sources
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461 ** Gnu Emacs source code to: gnu-emacs-sources@prep.ai.mit.edu
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462
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463 This list/newsgroup will be for the posting, by their authors, of Emacs
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464 Lisp and C sources and patches that improve GNU Emacs. Its contents
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465 will be reviewed by the FSF for inclusion in future releases of GNU
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466 Emacs.
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467
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468 Please do NOT discuss or request source code here. Use
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469 help-gnu-emacs/gnu.emacs.help for those purposes. This allows the
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470 automatic archiving of sources posted to this list/newsgroup.
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471
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472 Please do NOT post such sources to any other GNU mailing list (e.g
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473 help-gnu-emacs) or gnUSENET newsgroups (e.g. gnu.emacs.help). It's up
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474 to each poster to decide whether to cross-post to any non-gnUSENET
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475 newsgroup (e.g. comp.emacs or vmsnet.sources).
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476
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477 Please do NOT announce that you have posted source code to
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478 gnu.emacs.sources to any other GNU mailing list (e.g. help-gnu-emacs) or
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479 gnUSENET newsgroups (e.g. gnu.emacs.help). People who want to keep up
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480 with sources will read this list/newsgroup. It's up to each poster to
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481 decide whether to announce a gnu.emacs.sources article in any
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482 non-gnUSENET newsgroup (e.g. comp.emacs or comp.sources.d).
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483
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484 If source or patches that were previously posted or a simple fix is
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485 requested in help-gnu-emacs, please mail it to the requester. Do NOT
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486 repost it. If you also want something that is requested, send mail to
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487 the requester asking him to forward it to you. This kind of traffic is
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488 best handled by e-mail, not by a broadcast medium that reaches millions
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489 of sites.
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490
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491 If the requested source is very long (>10k bytes) send mail offering to
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492 send it. This prevents the requester from getting many redundant copies
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493 and saves network bandwidth.
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494
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495 * help-gnu-emacs-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to help-gnu-emacs
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496 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.emacs.help (and one-way into comp.emacs)
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497 ** Send contributions to: help-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu
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499 This list is the place for users and installers of GNU Emacs to ask for
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500 help. Please send bug reports to bug-gnu-emacs instead of posting them
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501 here.
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502
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503 Since help-gnu-emacs is a very large list, send it only those items that
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505
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506 If source or patches that were previously posted or a simple fix is
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507 requested in help-gnu-emacs, please mail it to the requester. Do NOT
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510 best handled by e-mail, not a broadcast medium that reaches millions of
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511 sites.
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515 get comp.emacs, but not gnu.emacs.help. Users at non-USENET sites may
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516 receive all articles from comp.emacs by making their request to:
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517 unix-emacs-request@bbn.com
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518
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521 does not work at all, or if an editing command does not behave as it is
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522 documented to behave, this is a bug. Don't send bug reports to
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523 help-gnu-emacs (gnu.emacs.help) or post them to comp.emacs; mail them to
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524 bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu instead.
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525
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526 See section '* General Information about help-* lists'.
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527
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528 * info-gnu-emacs-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to info-gnu-emacs
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529 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.emacs.announce (and one-way into comp.emacs)
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530 ** Send announcements to: info-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu
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531
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532 This list distributes announcements and progress reports on GNU Emacs.
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533 It is NOT for general discussion; please use help-gnu-emacs for that.
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534
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535 The list is filtered to remove items meant for info-gnu-emacs-request,
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537 should have been sent to another list.
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538
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539 info-gnu-emacs is also gated one way to USENET's newsgroup comp.emacs
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540 (once known as net.emacs). This one-way gating is done for users whose
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541 sites get comp.emacs, but not gnu.emacs.announce. Users at non-USENET
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542 sites may receive all articles from comp.emacs by making their request
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543 to: unix-emacs-request@bbn.com
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544
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545 Do not report GNU Emacs bugs to info-gnu-emacs or comp.emacs, instead
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546 mail them to bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu.
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547
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548 See section '* General Information about info-* lists'.
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549
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550 * vms-gnu-emacs-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe
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551 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.emacs.vms
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552 ** Send contributions to: vms-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu
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554 This list was a working group who did the initial port of GNU Emacs to
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555 the VMS operating system. It still discusses problems and solutions to
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556 the VMS port and the distribution of it.
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557
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558 * bug-bash-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to bug-bash
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559 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.bash.bug
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560 ** BASH bug reports to: bug-bash@prep.ai.mit.edu
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561
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562 This list distributes, to the active maintainers of BASH (the Bourne
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563 Again SHell), bug reports and fixes for, and suggestions for
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564 improvements in BASH. User discussion of BASH also occurs here.
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565
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566 Always report the version number of the operating system, hardware, and
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567 bash (flag -version on startup or check the variable $BASH_VERSION in a
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568 running bash).
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569
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570 There are no other GNU mailing lists or gnUSENET newsgroups for BASH.
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571
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572 See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and reporting
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573 program bugs'.
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574
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575 * bug-gdb-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to bug-gdb
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576 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.gdb.bug
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577 ** GDB bug reports to: bug-gdb@prep.ai.mit.edu
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579 This list distributes, to the active maintainers of GDB (Gnu's
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581 in GDB.
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582
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583 There are no other GNU mailing lists or gnUSENET newsgroups for GDB.
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584
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585 See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and reporting
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586 program bugs'.
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587
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588 * bug-octave-request@che.utexas.edu to subscribe to bug-octave
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589 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: NONE PLANNED
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590 ** Octave bug reports to: bug-octave@che.utexas.edu
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591
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592 This list distributes, to the active maintainers of Octave (a system
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593 for numerical computations), bug reports and fixes for, and
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594 suggestions for improvements to Octave.
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595
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596 The help-octave mailing list is for user discussion of Octave.
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597
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598 See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and reporting
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599 program bugs'.
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600
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601
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602 * help-octave-request@che.utexas.edu to subscribe to help-octave
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603 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: NONE PLANNED
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604 ** Send contributions to: help-octave@che.utexas.edu
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606 This list is the place for users and installers of Octave to ask for
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607 help. Please send bug reports to bug-octave instead of posting them
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608 here.
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609
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610 If Octave crashes, or if you build Octave following the standard
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611 procedure on a system on which Octave is supposed to work on and it
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612 does not work at all, or if a command does not behave as it is
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613 documented to behave, this is a bug. Don't send bug reports to
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614 help-octave; mail them to bug-octave@che.utexas.edu instead.
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615
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616 See section '* General Information about help-* lists'.
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617
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618 * bug-gcc-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to bug-gcc
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619 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.gcc.bug
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620 ** GCC bug reports to: bug-gcc@prep.ai.mit.edu
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622 This list distributes bug reports for, fixes for bugs in, and
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623 suggestions for improvements in the GNU C Compiler to its active
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624 developers.
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625
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626 Please don't send in a patch without a test case to illustrate the
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627 problem the patch is supposed to fix. Sometimes the patches aren't
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628 correct or aren't the best way to do the job, and without a test case
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629 there is no way to debug an alternate fix.
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631 The most convenient form of test case is a piece of cpp output that can
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632 be passed directly to cc1. Preferably written in C, not C++ or
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633 Objective C.
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634
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635 Subscribers to bug-gcc get all info-gcc messages.
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636
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637 See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and reporting
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638 program bugs'.
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639
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640 * help-gcc-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to help-gcc
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641 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.gcc.help
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642 ** Send contributions to: help-gcc@prep.ai.mit.edu
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643
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644 This list is the place for users and installers of the GNU C Compiler to
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645 ask for help.
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646
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647 If gcc crashes, or if you build gcc following the standard procedure on
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648 a system which gcc is supposed to work on (see config.sub) and it does
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649 not work at all, or if an command line option does not behave as it is
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650 documented to behave, this is a bug. Don't send bug reports to help-gcc
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651 (gnu.gcc.help); mail them to bug-gcc@prep.ai.mit.edu instead.
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652
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653 See section '* General Information about help-* lists'.
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654
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656 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.gcc.announce
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657 ** Send announcements to: info-gcc@prep.ai.mit.edu
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659 This list distributes announcements and progress reports on the GNU C
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661 that.
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663 The list is filtered to remove items meant for info-gcc-request, that
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665 have been sent to another list.
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666
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667 See section '* General Information about info-* lists'.
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668
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669 * bug-gnu960-request@ichips.intel.com to subscribe to bug-gnu960
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670 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: NONE PLANNED
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671 ** Intel 960 Port bug reports to: bug-gnu960@ichips.intel.com
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673 This list distributes bug reports for, fixes for bugs in, and
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674 suggestions for improvements in Intel's port of GNU software to the
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676
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677 You can also fax to: GNU/960 - 1-503-696-4930.
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679 There are no other GNU mailing lists or gnUSENET newsgroups for Intel's
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680 port of GNU software to the Intel 960 microprocessor.
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681
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682 See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and reporting
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683 program bugs'.
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684
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685 * bug-glibc-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to bug-glibc
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686 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.glibc.bug
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687 ** GNU C Library bug reports to: bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu
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688
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689 This list distributes, to the active maintainers of glibc (GNU's C
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690 library), bug reports and fixes for, and suggestions for improvements in
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691 glibc. User discussion of glibc also occurs here.
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692
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693 Announcements of new releases of glibc are made on both info-gcc and
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694 bug-glibc.
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695
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696 There are no other GNU mailing lists or gnUSENET newsgroups for the GNU
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697 C Library.
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698
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699 See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and reporting
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700 program bugs'.
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701
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702 * bug-g++-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to bug-g++
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703 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.g++.bug
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704 ** G++ bug reports to: bug-g++@prep.ai.mit.edu
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705
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706 This list distributes bug reports for, fixes for bugs in, and
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707 suggestions for improvements in the GNU C++ Compiler to its active
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708 developers.
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709
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710 G++ uses the GNU C-Compiler back end. Active developers may wish to
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711 subscribe to bug-gcc@prep.ai.mit.edu as well.
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712
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713 Subscribers to bug-g++ get all info-g++ messages.
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714
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715 See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and reporting
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716 program bugs'.
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717
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718 * help-g++-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to help-g++
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719 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.g++.help (and one-way into comp.lang.c++)
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720 ** Send contributions to: help-g++@prep.ai.mit.edu
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721
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722 This list is the place for users and installers of the GNU C++ Compiler
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723 to ask for help. Please send bug reports to bug-g++@prep.ai.mit.edu
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724 instead of posting them here.
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725
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726 help-g++ is also gated one way to USENET's newsgroup comp.lang.c++.
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727 This one-way gating is done for users whose sites get comp.lang.c++, but
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728 not gnu.g++.help.
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729
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730 See section '* General Information about help-* lists'.
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731
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732 * info-g++-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to info-g++
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733 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.g++.announce (and one-way into comp.lang.c++)
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734 ** Send announcements to: info-g++@prep.ai.mit.edu
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735
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736 This list distributes announcements and progress reports on the GNU C++
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737 Compiler. It is NOT for general discussion; please use help-g++ for
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738 that.
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739
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740 The list is filtered to remove items meant for info-g++-request, that
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741 can be answered by the moderator without bothering the list, or should
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742 have been sent to another list.
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743
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744 It is also gated one way to USENET's newsgroup comp.lang.c++. This
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745 one-way gating is done for users whose sites get comp.lang.c++, but not
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746 gnu.g++.announce.
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747
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748 Do not report g++ bugs to info-g++ or comp.lang.c++, mail them to
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749 bug-g++@prep.ai.mit.edu instead.
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750
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751 See section '* General Information about info-* lists'.
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752
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753 * bug-lib-g++-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to bug-lib-g++
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754 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.g++.lib.bug
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755 ** lib-g++ bug reports to: bug-lib-g++@prep.ai.mit.edu
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756
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757 This list distributes, to the active maintainers of libg++ (GNU's
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758 library for C++), bug reports and fixes for, and suggestions for
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759 improvements in lib-g++. User discussion of libg++ also occurs here.
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760
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761 Announcements of new releases of libg++ are made on both info-g++ and
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762 bug-lib-g++.
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763
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764 There are no other GNU mailing lists or gnUSENET newsgroups for GNU's
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765 G++ Library.
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766
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767 See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and reporting
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768 program bugs'.
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769
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770 * info-gnu-fortran-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to info-gnu-fortran
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771 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: NONE YET
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772 ** Send announcements to: info-gnu-fortran@prep.ai.mit.edu
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773
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774 This list is for progress reports about the GNU Fortran compiler. In
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775 the future it will also be used for release notices.
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776
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777 The list is filtered to remove items meant for info-gnu-fortran-request,
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778 that can be answered by the moderator without bothering the list, or
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779 should have been sent to another list.
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780
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781 People on the Internet can get a current status report by fingering the
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782 address fortran@gnu.ai.mit.edu.
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783
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784 See section '* General Information about info-* lists'.
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785
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786 There are no other GNU mailing lists or gnUSENET newsgroups for GNU
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787 Fortran (yet).
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788
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789 * bug-oleo-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to bug-oleo
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790 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: NONE PLANNED
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791 ** Oleo bug reports to: bug-oleo@prep.ai.mit.edu
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792
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793 This list distributes, to the active maintainers of Oleo (the GNU
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794 spreadsheet), bug reports and fixes for, and suggestions for
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795 improvements to Oleo. User discussion of Oleo also occurs here.
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796
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797 There are no other GNU mailing lists or gnUSENET newsgroups for Oleo .
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798
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799 See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and reporting
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800 program bugs'.
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801
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802 * bug-gmp-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to bug-gmp
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803 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: NONE PLANNED
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804 ** gmp bug reports to: bug-gmp@prep.ai.mit.edu
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805
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806 This list distributes, to the active maintainers of gmp (the GNU
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807 Multiple Precision Library), bug reports and fixes for, and suggestions
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808 for improvements to gmp. User discussion of gmp also occurs here.
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809
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810 There are no other GNU mailing lists or gnUSENET newsgroups for gmp .
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811
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812 See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and reporting
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813 program bugs'.
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814
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815 * bug-pine-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to bug-pine
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816 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: NONE PLANNED
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817 ** pine bug reports to: bug-pine@prep.ai.mit.edu
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818
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819 This list distributes, to the active maintainers of pine (the GNU
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820 version of the pine mail reader), bug reports and fixes for, and suggestions
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821 for improvements to pine. User discussion of pine also occurs here.
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822
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823 There are no other GNU mailing lists or gnUSENET newsgroups for pine .
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824
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825 See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and reporting
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826 program bugs'.
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827
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828 * bug-cfengine-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to bug-cfengine
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829 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.cfengine.bug
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830 ** cfengine bug reports to: bug-cfengine@prep.ai.mit.edu
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831
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832 This list distributes, to the active maintainers of cfengine (configure
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833 BSD and System-5-like operating systems attached to a TCP/IP network),
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834 bug reports and fixes for, and suggestions for improvements to cfengine.
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835 User discussion of cfengine also occurs here.
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836
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837 See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and reporting
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838 program bugs'.
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839
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840 * help-cfengine-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to help-cfengine
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841 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.cfengine.help
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842 ** Send contributions to: help-cfengine@prep.ai.mit.edu
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843
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844 This list is the place for users and installers of cfengine to ask for
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845 help. Please send bug reports to bug-cfengine instead of posting them
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846 here.
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847
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848 This list is also used for announcements about cfengine and related
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849 programs, and small but important patches. Announcements of cfengine
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850 releases are also made to info-gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu (see above)
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852 Since help-cfengine is a large list, send it only those items that
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853 are seriously important to many people.
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854
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855 If source or patches that were previously posted or a simple fix is
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856 requested in help-cfengine, please mail it to the requester. Do NOT
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857 repost it. If you also want something that is requested, send mail to
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858 the requester asking him to forward it to you. This kind of traffic is
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859 best handled by e-mail, not a broadcast medium that reaches millions of
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860 sites.
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861
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862 See section '* General Information about help-* lists'.
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863 Also see section '* General Information about info-* lists'.
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864
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865 * bug-gnu-smalltalk-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to bug-gnu-smalltalk
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866 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.smalltalk.bug
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867 ** GNU Smalltalk bug reports to: bug-gnu-smalltalk@prep.ai.mit.edu
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868
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869 GNU Smalltalk is the GNU project implementation of the Smalltalk language.
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870
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871 This list distributes, to the active maintainers of GNU Smalltalk, bug
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872 reports and fixes for, and suggestions for improvements to GNU
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873 Smalltalk. User discussion of GNU Smalltalk also occurs here.
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874
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875 For now, new releases of GNU Smalltalk will also be announced on this list.
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876
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877 There are no other GNU mailing lists or gnUSENET newsgroups for GNU
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878 Smalltalk.
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879
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880 See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and reporting
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881 program bugs'.
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882
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883 * st-next-request@laplace.eng.sun.com to subscribe to st-next
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884 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: NONE PLANNED
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885 ** Send contributions to: st-next@laplace.eng.sun.com
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886
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887 For people interested in working on GNU Smalltalk on the NeXT.
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888
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889 * bug-groff-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to bug-groff
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890 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.groff.bug
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891 ** GNU groff bug reports to: bug-groff@prep.ai.mit.edu
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892
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893 groff is the GNU project implementation, in C++, of the traditional Unix
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894 document formatting tools.
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895
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896 This list distributes, to the active maintainers of groff, bug reports
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897 and fixes for, and suggestions for improvements to groff (and it
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898 component programs). User discussion of groff also occurs here.
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899
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900 For now, new releases of groff will also be announced on this list.
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901
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902 There are no other GNU mailing lists or gnUSENET newsgroups for groff.
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903
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904 See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and reporting
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905 program bugs'.
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906
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907 * bug-ghostscript-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to bug-ghostscript
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908 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.ghostscript.bug
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909 ** Ghostscript bug reports to: bug-ghostscript@prep.ai.mit.edu
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910
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911 Ghostscript is the GNU project implementation of a language and graphics
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912 library with a remarkable similarity to PostScript.
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913
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914 This list distributes, to the active maintainers of Ghostscript, bug
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915 reports and fixes for, and suggestions for improvements in Ghostscript.
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916
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917 For now, new releases of Ghostscript will also be announced on this list.
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918
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919 There are no other GNU mailing lists or gnUSENET newsgroups for
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920 Ghostscript.
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921
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922 See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and reporting
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923 program bugs'.
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924
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925 * bug-gnu-utils-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to bug-gnu-utils
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926 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.utils.bug
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927 ** GNU Utilities bug reports to: bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu
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928
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929 This list distributes, to the active maintainers of these programs, bug
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930 reports and fixes for, and suggestions for improvements in GNU programs
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931 not covered by other bug-* mailing lists/gnu.*.bug newsgroups.
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932
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933 See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and reporting
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934 program bugs'.
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935
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936 * help-gnu-utils-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to help-gnu-utils
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937 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.utils.help
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938 ** Send contributions to: help-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu
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939
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940 This list is the place for users and installers of GNU programs not
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941 covered by other GNU mailing lists/gnu.* newsgroups to ask for help.
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942
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943 Don't send bug reports to help-gnu-utils (gnu.utils.help); mail them to
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944 bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu instead.
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945
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946 See section '* General Information about help-* lists'.
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947
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948 * info-gnu-utils-request@prep.ai.mit.edu IS NOW DEFUNCT
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949 ** a gnUSENET newsgroup bever existed
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950 ** DEAD address: info-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu
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951
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952 This list is dead. Announcements about GNU Utilities will be made to the
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953 list info-gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu (see above).
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954
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955 * info-cvs-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to info-cvs.
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956 ** USENET newsgroup: (none)
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957 ** CVS discussions/questions to: info-cvs@prep.ai.mit.edu
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958
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959 This list is for discussion and dissemination of information about
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960 CVS. Please check the FAQ before posting questions, however.
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961
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962 * bug-cvs-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to bug-cvs.
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963 ** USENET newsgroup: (none)
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964 ** CVS bug reports to: bug-cvs@prep.ai.mit.edu
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965
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966 This list distributes bug reports, fixes, and suggestions for
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967 improvements to the maintainers of CVS.
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968
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969 * bug-fortran-mode-request@erl.mit.edu to subscribe to bug-fortran-mode
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970 ** USENET newsgroup: (none)
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971 ** Fortran mode bug reports to: bug-fortran-mode@erl.mit.edu
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972
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973 This list collects bug reports, fixes for bugs, and suggestions for
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974 improvements in GNU Emacs's Fortran mode (a major mode to support
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975 editing Fortran source code).
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976
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977 It is the place to report Fortran mode bugs by all users of Fortran
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978 mode.
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979
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980 Always report the version number Fortran mode reports on startup as well
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981 as the version of Emacs.
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982
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983 There is no info-fortran-mode list. There are no USENET gateways to
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984 bug-fortran-mode at this time.
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985
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986 * info-gnus-request@flab.fujitsu.co.jp to subscribe
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987 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: NONE YET
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988 ** Send contributions to: info-gnus@flab.fujitsu.co.jp
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989
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990 The list is intended to exchange useful information about GNUS, such as
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991 bug reports, useful hooks, and extensions of GNUS. GNUS is an NNTP-base
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992 network news reader for GNU Emacs (which also works with a news spool).
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993 English and Japanese are the official languages of the list. GNUS is
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994 quite different than gnews.
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995
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996 * info-gnus-english-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe
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997 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.emacs.gnus
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998 ** Send contributions to: info-gnus-english@prep.ai.mit.edu
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999
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1000 The list has the same charter as info-gnus. The difference is that
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1001 English is the only official language of the list.
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1002
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1003 info-gnus-english/gnu.emacs.gnus is forward to info-gnus, but NOT
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1004 vice-versa.
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1005
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1006 * info-gnews-request@ics.uci.edu to subscribe to info-gnews
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1007 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.emacs.gnews
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1008 ** Send contributions to: info-gnews@ics.uci.edu
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1009
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1010 This newsgroup is intended to exchange useful information about gnews,
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1011 such as bug reports, useful hooks, and extensions of gnews. gnews is an
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1012 NNTP-base network news reader for GNU Emacs (which also works a news
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1013 spool). It is quite different than GNUS.
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1014
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1015 * gnu-emacs-ada-request@grebyn.com to subscribe to gnu-emacs-ada
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1016 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: NONE PLANNED
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1017 ** Gnu Emacs Ada support bug reports to: gnu-emacs-ada@grebyn.com
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1018
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1019 This list distributes bug reports for, fixes for bugs in, and
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1020 suggestions for improvements in GNU Emacs' editing support of the Ada
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1021 programming language.
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1022
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1023 There are no other GNU mailing lists or gnUSENET newsgroups for GNU
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1024 Emacs' editing support of Ada.
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1025
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1026 See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and reporting
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1027 program bugs'.
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1028
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1029 * bug-vm-request@uunet.uu.net to subscribe to bug-vm
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1030 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.emacs.vm.bug
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1031 ** VM mail reader bug reports to: bug-vm@uunet.uu.net
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1032
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1033 This list discusses bugs in View Mail mode for GNU Emacs, with an
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1034 emphasis on beta and prerelease versions.
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1035
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1036 Always report the version number of VM you are using, as well as the
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1037 version of Emacs you're running. If you believe it is significant,
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1038 report the operating system used and the hardware.
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1039
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1040 Subscribers to bug-vm get all info-vm messages.
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1041
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1042 * info-vm-request@uunet.uu.net to subscribe to info-vm
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1043 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.emacs.vm.info
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1044 ** Send contributions to: info-vm@uunet.uu.net
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1045
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1046 This list discusses the View Mail mode for GNU Emacs, an alternative to
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1047 rmail mode.
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1048
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1049 * supercite-request@warsaw.nlm.nih.gov to subscribe to supercite
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1050 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: NONE PLANNED
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1051 ** Send articles to: supercite@warsaw.nlm.nih.gov
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1052 *** UUCP: ..!uunet!warsaw.nlm.nih.gov!supercite-request
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1053
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1054 The supercite mailing list covers issues related to the advanced
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1055 mail/news citation package called Supercite for GNU Emacs.
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1056
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1057 * auc-tex-request@iesd.auc.dk to subscribe
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1058 ** USENET newsgroup: NONE YET
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1059 ** Send contributions to: auc-tex@iesd.auc.dk
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1060
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1061 The list is intended to exchange information about AUC TeX, such as
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1062 bug reports, request for help, and information on current
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1063 developments. AUC TeX is a much enhanced LaTeX mode for GNU Emacs.
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1064
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1065 The list is unmoderated.
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1066
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1067 * bug-gnu-chess-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to bug-gnu-chess
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1068 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.chess.bug
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1069 ** GNU Chess bug reports to: bug-gnu-chess@prep.ai.mit.edu
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1070
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1071 This list directly accesses the GNU Chess developer's group. If you
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1072 have a *BUG* to report about the program, which can also include a
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1073 feature enhancement request, please send it to this list.
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1074
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1075 Subscribers to bug-gnu-chess get all info-gnu-chess messages.
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1076
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1077 See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and reporting
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1078 program bugs'.
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1079
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1080 * help-gnu-chess-request@prep.ai.mit.edu IS NOW DEFUNCT
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1081 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: NONE PLANNED
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1082 ** DEAD address: help-gnu-chess@prep.ai.mit.edu
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1083
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1084 This list is dead. Use info-gnu-chess@prep.ai.mit.edu/gnu.chess instead.
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1085
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1086 * info-gnu-chess-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to info-gnu-chess
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1087 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.chess
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1088 ** Send contributions to: info-gnu-chess@prep.ai.mit.edu
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1089 ** FAQ-URL: http://www.research.digital.com/SRC/personal/Tim_Mann/chess.html
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1090 ** FAQ-Archive-name: games/chess/gnu-faq
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1091 ** FAQ-Posting-frequency: monthly
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1092
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1093 This list is the place for users and installers of GNU Chess to ask for
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1094 help. This list is also used for games played by people or other
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1095 entities against the program, and other generalized non-bug,
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1096 non-enhancement data. Please send bug reports to bug-gnu-chess instead
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1097 of posting them here.
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1098
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1099 This list is also used for announcements about GNU Chess and related
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1100 programs, and small but important patches. Announcements of GNU Chess
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1101 releases are also made to info-gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu (see above)
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1102
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1103 Since info-gnu-chess is a large list, send it only those items that
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1104 are seriously important to many people.
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1105
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1106 If source or patches that were previously posted or a simple fix is
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1107 requested in info-gnu-chess, please mail it to the requester. Do NOT
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1108 repost it. If you also want something that is requested, send mail to
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1109 the requester asking him to forward it to you. This kind of traffic is
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1110 best handled by e-mail, not a broadcast medium that reaches millions of
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1111 sites.
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1112
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1113 See section '* General Information about help-* lists'.
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1114 Also see section '* General Information about info-* lists'.
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1115
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1116 * bug-gnu-shogi-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to bug-gnu-shogi
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1117 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: NONE PLANNED
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1118 ** GNU Shogi bug reports to: bug-gnu-shogi@prep.ai.mit.edu
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1119
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1120 This list directly accesses the GNU Shogi developer's group. If you
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1121 have a *BUG* to report about the program, which can also include a
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1122 feature enhancement request, please send it to this list.
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1123
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1124 Subscribers to bug-gnu-shogi get all info-gnu-shogi messages.
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1125
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1126 See section '* General Information about bug-* lists and reporting
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1127 program bugs'.
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1128
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1129 Shogi is a game something like chess. There are several different types
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1130 of pieces, a board that is 9 by 9 squares, and the modification that a
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1131 captured piece can be reintroduced on the board by the capturing player
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1132 (and used). Due to this last difference from Western chess, a Shogi
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1133 game never simplifies.
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1134
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1135 * help-gnu-shogi-request@prep.ai.mit.edu IS NOW DEFUNCT
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1136 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: NONE PLANNED
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1137 ** DEAD address: help-gnu-shogi@prep.ai.mit.edu
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1138
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1139 This list is dead.
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1140
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1141 * info-gnu-shogi-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe to info-gnu-shogi
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1142 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: NONE PLANNED
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1143 ** Send contributions to: info-gnu-shogi@prep.ai.mit.edu
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1144
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1145 This list is the place for users and installers of GNU Shogi to ask for
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1146 help. This list is also used for games played by people or other
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1147 entities against the program, and other generalized non-bug,
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1148 non-enhancement data. Please send bug reports to bug-gnu-shogi instead
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1149 of posting them here.
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1150
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1151 This list is also used for announcements about GNU Shogi and related
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1152 programs, and small but important patches. Announcements of GNU Shogi
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1153 releases are also made to info-gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu (see above)
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1154
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1155 Since info-gnu-shogi is a large list, send it only those items that
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1156 are seriously important to many people.
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1157
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1158 If source or patches that were previously posted or a simple fix is
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1159 requested in info-gnu-shogi, please mail it to the requester. Do NOT
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1160 repost it. If you also want something that is requested, send mail to
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1161 the requester asking him to forward it to you. This kind of traffic is
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1162 best handled by e-mail, not a broadcast medium that reaches millions of
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1163 sites.
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1164
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1165 See section '* General Information about help-* lists'.
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1166 Also see section '* General Information about info-* lists'.
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1167
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1168 * gnu-manual-request@a.cs.uiuc.edu IS NOW DEFUNCT
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1169 ** DEAD: Gnusenet newsgroup: gnu.emacs.lisp.manual
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1170 ** DEAD address: gnu-manual@a.cs.uiuc.edu
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1171 *** DEAD UUCP address: ..!uunet!uiucdcs!gnu-manual-request
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1172
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1173 This list and newsgroup is dead. It was a working group whose
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1174 volunteers wrote, proofread and commented on the developing GNU Emacs
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1175 Lisp programmers manual.
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1176
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1177 Send bugs in the GNU Emacs Lisp reference manual to:
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1178 lisp-manual-bugs@prep.ai.mit.edu
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1179
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1180 lisp-manual-bugs is neither a mailing list nor a gnUSENET newsgroup.
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1181 It's just a bug-reporting address.
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1182
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1183 * no mailing list request
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1184 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.gnusenet.config
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1185 ** no mailing list
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1186
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1187 This newsgroup has nothing to do with GNU software, especially its
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1188 configuration. It exists to distribute information about the
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1189 administration and configuration of gnUSENET: the gnu.all alternative
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1190 USENET hierarchy that carry the GNU mailing lists.
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1192 Administrators of gnUSENET hosts receiving the gnu.all newsgroups are
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1193 welcome to ask questions here or via e-mail of gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu.
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1195 * no mailing list request
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1196 ** gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.gnusenet.test
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1197 ** no mailing list
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1199 This newsgroup has nothing to do with GNU software, especially its
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1200 testing. It exists to allow test messages to be made in gnUSENET: the
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1201 gnu.all alternative USENET hierarchy that carry the GNU mailing lists.
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1202
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1203 Local variables:
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1204 mode: outline
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1205 fill-column: 72
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1206 End: