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authorjkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1995-04-05 10:04:56 +0000
committerjkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1995-04-05 10:04:56 +0000
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
Please mail all suggestions and additions to <FAQ@FreeBSD.ORG>
-Revision: $Id: FreeBSD.FAQ,v 1.24 1995/03/11 19:13:26 gclarkii Exp $
+Revision: $Id: FreeBSD.FAQ,v 1.1 1995/03/21 20:19:13 jkh Exp $
All entries are assumed to be relevant to FreeBSD 2.0.
Any entries with a <XXX> are under construction.
@@ -86,14 +86,16 @@ developers. For more information, send to
<majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG> and include a single line saying
``help'' in the body of your message.
-announce: For announcements about or on FreeBSD.
+announce: For announcements concerning FreeBSD. Low traffic. Subscribe!
hackers: Useful for persons wishing to work on the internals.
-questions: General questions on FreeBSD.
-bugs: Where bugs should be sent.
+questions: General questions on FreeBSD - questioners and question-answerers
+ please!
+bugs: Where bug reports should be sent.
SCSI: Mailing list for SCSI developers.
current: This list is for persons wishing to run FreeBSD-current
- and carries announcements and discussions on current.
-security: For issues dealing with system security.
+ and carries announcements and discussions on current. This list
+ is *mandatory* if you run -current!
+security: Information on issues dealing with system security.
platforms: Deals with ports to non-Intel platforms
ports: Discussion of /usr/ports/???
fs: Discussion of FreeBSD Filesystems
@@ -102,28 +104,24 @@ hardware: Discussion on hardware requirements for FreeBSD.
The FreeBSD-commit list has been broken up into groups dealing with different
areas of interest. Please see the FreeBSD mailing list FAQ in:
- /usr/src/share/FAQ/mailing-list.FAQ
+ /usr/share/FAQ/mailing-list.FAQ
0.3: What are the various FreeBSD news groups?
-While there are no groups currently dedicated to FreeBSD, you may find
-the following groups useful.
+There are two newsgroups currently dedicated to FreeBSD:
-comp.os.386bsd.announce: For announcements
-comp.os.386bsd.apps: For applications
-comp.os.386bsd.questions: For questions
-comp.os.386bsd.development: For working on the internals
-comp.os.386bsd.bugs: About bugs
-comp.os.386bsd.misc: For items that don't fit anywhere else
+comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce: For announcements
+comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc: General discussion
-NOTE: These groups cover all the *BSDs (FreeBSD, NetBSD, 386BSD).
-comp.os.bsd: General BSD topics, maybe of intrest
+The following newsgroups may also be of interest to general BSD
+enthusiasts:
+
+comp.unix.bsd: General BSD topics
+comp.os.386bsd.*: Ongoing, active FreeBSD discussions
+ (probably only for a short time longer).
-NOTE: As of the date of this writing, there is has been a break up of
-newsgroups into groups for each OS. These groups can be found under
-``comp.unix.bsd''.
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