Gentoo Archives: gentoo-commits

From: "Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)" <nightmorph@g.o>
To: gentoo-commits@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/main/en: lists.xml
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:51:12
Message-Id: E1NS70H-0007LZ-OG@stork.gentoo.org
1 nightmorph 10/01/05 10:51:09
2
3 Modified: lists.xml
4 Log:
5 add link to netiquette guidelines, bug 222075
6
7 Revision Changes Path
8 1.112 xml/htdocs/main/en/lists.xml
9
10 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/main/en/lists.xml?rev=1.112&view=markup
11 plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/main/en/lists.xml?rev=1.112&content-type=text/plain
12 diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/main/en/lists.xml?r1=1.111&r2=1.112
13
14 Index: lists.xml
15 ===================================================================
16 RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/main/en/lists.xml,v
17 retrieving revision 1.111
18 retrieving revision 1.112
19 diff -u -r1.111 -r1.112
20 --- lists.xml 10 Nov 2009 19:34:44 -0000 1.111
21 +++ lists.xml 5 Jan 2010 10:51:09 -0000 1.112
22 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
23 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
24 <!DOCTYPE mainpage SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
25
26 -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/main/en/lists.xml,v 1.111 2009/11/10 19:34:44 robbat2 Exp $ -->
27 +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/main/en/lists.xml,v 1.112 2010/01/05 10:51:09 nightmorph Exp $ -->
28
29 <mainpage>
30 <title>Gentoo Mailing Lists</title>
31 @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
32 </abstract>
33
34 <license/>
35 -<version>3.95</version>
36 -<date>2008-12-28</date>
37 +<version>3.96</version>
38 +<date>2010-01-05</date>
39
40 <chapter>
41 <title>Mailing Lists</title>
42 @@ -37,10 +37,10 @@
43
44 <p>
45 The Gentoo free software project has a number of public mailing lists, covering
46 -a variety of Gentoo-related subjects. Our mailing lists are powered by
47 -<uri link="http://mlmmj.mmj.dk">mlmmj</uri> and
48 -provides <c>List-Id:</c> mail headers and <c>[listname]</c> subject prefixes to
49 -comply with modern mailing list manager standards and conventions.
50 +a variety of Gentoo-related subjects. Our mailing lists are powered by <uri
51 +link="http://mlmmj.mmj.dk">mlmmj</uri> and provides <c>List-Id:</c> mail headers
52 +and <c>[listname]</c> subject prefixes to comply with modern mailing list
53 +manager standards and conventions.
54 </p>
55
56 <p>
57 @@ -626,19 +626,28 @@
58 <b>Misc list policies.</b>
59 </p>
60
61 -<p>HTML email is discouraged, but not forbidden (there are some MUA,
62 -specifically web-based that make it very hard to disable HTML entirely).
63 -Beware that some users may have their recieving side configured to hide HTML
64 -entirely, so it might look like you are ignored, especially if you sent
65 -HTML-only email. In order of preference, you should endeavour to send:
66 -text/plain, multipart with text/plain before text/html, text/html. MIME is
67 -acceptable and widely used.</p>
68 -
69 -<p>Please do not send any vacation or out of office messages to the list. In
70 -the interests of reducing list spam, if you set any auto-responding message
71 -that goes to the lists, we will unsubscribe your account from ALL lists. Any
72 -previously subscribed addresses that send mail server messages to the lists
73 -will also be removed.</p>
74 +<p>
75 +HTML email is discouraged, but not forbidden (there are some MUA, specifically
76 +web-based that make it very hard to disable HTML entirely). Beware that some
77 +users may have their recieving side configured to hide HTML entirely, so it
78 +might look like you are ignored, especially if you sent HTML-only email. In
79 +order of preference, you should endeavour to send: text/plain, multipart with
80 +text/plain before text/html, text/html. MIME is acceptable and widely used.
81 +</p>
82 +
83 +<p>
84 +Please do not send any vacation or out of office messages to the list. In the
85 +interests of reducing list spam, if you set any auto-responding message that
86 +goes to the lists, we will unsubscribe your account from ALL lists. Any
87 +previously subscribed addresses that send mail server messages to the lists will
88 +also be removed.
89 +</p>
90 +
91 +<note>
92 +For general email list netiquette, <uri
93 +link="http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html">these guidelines</uri> are an
94 +excellent primer.
95 +</note>
96
97 </body>
98 </section>