Appendix C. Resources on the Internet
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## Appendix C. Resources on the Internet

The rapid pace of FreeBSD progress makes print media impractical as a means of following the latest developments. Electronic resources are the best, if not often the only, way to stay informed of the latest advances. Since FreeBSD is a volunteer effort, the user community itself also generally serves as a “technical support department” of sorts, with electronic mail, web forums, and USENET news being the most effective way of reaching that community.

The most important points of contact with the FreeBSD user community are outlined below. Please send other resources not mentioned here to the FreeBSD documentation project mailing list so that they may also be included.

## C.1. Mailing Lists

The mailing lists are the most direct way of addressing questions or opening a technical discussion to a concentrated FreeBSD audience. There are a wide variety of lists on a number of different FreeBSD topics. Sending questions to the most appropriate mailing list will invariably assure a faster and more accurate response.

The charters for the various lists are given at the bottom of this document. Please read the charter before joining or sending mail to any list. Most list subscribers receive many hundreds of FreeBSD related messages every day, and the charters and rules for use are meant to keep the signal-to-noise ratio of the lists high. To do less would see the mailing lists ultimately fail as an effective communications medium for the Project.

### Note:

To test the ability to send email to FreeBSD lists, send a test message to freebsd-test. Please do not send test messages to any other list.

When in doubt about what list to post a question to, see How to get best results from the FreeBSD-questions mailing list.

Before posting to any list, please learn about how to best use the mailing lists, such as how to help avoid frequently-repeated discussions, by reading the Mailing List Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document.

Archives are kept for all of the mailing lists and can be searched using the FreeBSD World Wide Web server. The keyword searchable archive offers an excellent way of finding answers to frequently asked questions and should be consulted before posting a question. Note that this also means that messages sent to FreeBSD mailing lists are archived in perpetuity. When protecting privacy is a concern, consider using a disposable secondary email address and posting only public information.

### C.1.1. List Summary

General lists: The following are general lists which anyone is free (and encouraged) to join:

List | Purpose
--- | ---
freebsd-advocacy | FreeBSD Evangelism
freebsd-announce | Important events and Project milestones (moderated)
freebsd-arch | Architecture and design discussions
freebsd-bugbusters | Discussions pertaining to the maintenance of the FreeBSD problem report database and related tools
freebsd-bugs | Bug reports
freebsd-chat | Non-technical items related to the FreeBSD community
freebsd-chromium | FreeBSD-specific Chromium issues
freebsd-current | Discussion concerning the use of FreeBSD-CURRENT
freebsd-isp | Issues for Internet Service Providers using FreeBSD
freebsd-jobs | FreeBSD employment and consulting opportunities
freebsd-questions | User questions and technical support
freebsd-security-notifications | Security notifications (moderated)
freebsd-stable | Discussion concerning the use of FreeBSD-STABLE
freebsd-test | Where to send test messages instead of to one of the actual lists

Technical lists: The following lists are for technical discussion. Read the charter for each list carefully before joining or sending mail to one as there are firm guidelines for their use and content.

List | Purpose
--- | ---
freebsd-acpi | ACPI and power management development
freebsd-afs | Porting AFS to FreeBSD
freebsd-aic7xxx | Developing drivers for the Adaptec® AIC 7xxx
freebsd-amd64 | Porting FreeBSD to AMD64 systems (moderated)
freebsd-apache | Discussion about Apache related ports
freebsd-arm | Porting FreeBSD to ARM® processors
freebsd-atm | Using ATM networking with FreeBSD
freebsd-bluetooth | Using Bluetooth® technology in FreeBSD
freebsd-cluster | Using FreeBSD in a clustered environment
freebsd-cvsweb | CVSweb maintenance
freebsd-database | Discussing database use and development under FreeBSD
freebsd-desktop | Using and improving FreeBSD on the desktop
freebsd-doc | Creating FreeBSD related documents
freebsd-drivers | Writing device drivers for FreeBSD
freebsd-dtrace | Using and working on DTrace in FreeBSD
freebsd-eclipse | FreeBSD users of Eclipse IDE, tools, rich client applications and ports.
freebsd-embedded | Using FreeBSD in embedded applications
freebsd-eol | Peer support of FreeBSD-related software that is no longer supported by the FreeBSD Project.
freebsd-emulation | Emulation of other systems such as Linux/MS-DOS®/Windows®
freebsd-firewire | FreeBSD FireWire® (iLink, IEEE 1394) technical discussion
freebsd-fortran | Fortran on FreeBSD
freebsd-fs | File systems
freebsd-gecko | Gecko Rendering Engine issues
freebsd-geom | GEOM-specific discussions and implementations
freebsd-gnome | Porting GNOME and GNOME applications
freebsd-hackers | General technical discussion
freebsd-hardware | General discussion of hardware for running FreeBSD
freebsd-i18n | FreeBSD Internationalization
freebsd-ia32 | FreeBSD on the IA-32 (Intel® x86) platform
freebsd-ia64 | Porting FreeBSD to Intel®'s upcoming IA64 systems
freebsd-infiniband | Infiniband on FreeBSD
freebsd-ipfw | Technical discussion concerning the redesign of the IP firewall code
freebsd-isdn | ISDN developers
freebsd-jail | Discussion about the jail(8) facility
freebsd-java | Java™ developers and people porting JDK™s to FreeBSD
freebsd-lfs | Porting LFS to FreeBSD
freebsd-mips | Porting FreeBSD to MIPS®
freebsd-mobile | Discussions about mobile computing
freebsd-mono | Mono and C# applications on FreeBSD
freebsd-mozilla | Porting Mozilla to FreeBSD
freebsd-multimedia | Multimedia applications
freebsd-new-bus | Technical discussions about bus architecture
freebsd-net | Networking discussion and TCP/IP source code
freebsd-numerics | Discussions of high quality implementation of libm functions
freebsd-office | Office applications on FreeBSD
freebsd-performance | Performance tuning questions for high performance/load installations
freebsd-perl | Maintenance of a number of Perl-related ports
freebsd-pf | Discussion and questions about the packet filter firewall system
freebsd-pkg-fallout | Fallout logs from package building
freebsd-platforms | Concerning ports to non Intel® architecture platforms
freebsd-ports | Discussion of the Ports Collection
freebsd-ports-announce | Important news and instructions about the Ports Collection (moderated)
freebsd-ports-bugs | Discussion of the ports bugs/PRs
freebsd-ppc | Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC®
freebsd-proliant | Technical discussion of FreeBSD on HP ProLiant server platforms
freebsd-python | FreeBSD-specific Python issues
freebsd-rc | Discussion related to the `rc.d` system and its development
freebsd-realtime | Development of realtime extensions to FreeBSD
freebsd-ruby | FreeBSD-specific Ruby discussions
freebsd-scsi | The SCSI subsystem
freebsd-security | Security issues affecting FreeBSD
freebsd-small | Using FreeBSD in embedded applications (obsolete; use freebsd-embedded instead)
freebsd-snapshots | FreeBSD Development Snapshot Announcements
freebsd-sparc64 | Porting FreeBSD to SPARC® based systems
freebsd-standards | FreeBSD's conformance to the C99 and the POSIX® standards
freebsd-sysinstall | sysinstall(8) development
freebsd-tcltk | FreeBSD-specific Tcl/Tk discussions
freebsd-testing | Testing on FreeBSD
freebsd-tex | Porting TeX and its applications to FreeBSD
freebsd-threads | Threading in FreeBSD
freebsd-tilera | Porting FreeBSD to the Tilera family of CPUs
freebsd-tokenring | Support Token Ring in FreeBSD
freebsd-toolchain | Maintenance of FreeBSD's integrated toolchain
freebsd-usb | Discussing FreeBSD support for USB
freebsd-virtualization | Discussion of various virtualization techniques supported by FreeBSD
freebsd-vuxml | Discussion on VuXML infrastructure
freebsd-x11 | Maintenance and support of X11 on FreeBSD
freebsd-xen | Discussion of the FreeBSD port to Xen™ — implementation and usage
freebsd-xfce | XFCE for FreeBSD — porting and maintaining
freebsd-zope | Zope for FreeBSD — porting and maintaining

Limited lists: The following lists are for more specialized (and demanding) audiences and are probably not of interest to the general public. It is also a good idea to establish a presence in the technical lists before joining one of these limited lists in order to understand the communications etiquette involved.

List | Purpose
--- | ---
freebsd-hubs | People running mirror sites (infrastructural support)
freebsd-user-groups | User group coordination
freebsd-wip-status | FreeBSD Work-In-Progress Status
freebsd-wireless | Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools, device driver development

Digest lists: All of the above lists are available in a digest format. Once subscribed to a list, the digest options can be changed in the account options section.

SVN lists: The following lists are for people interested in seeing the log messages for changes to various areas of the source tree. They are Read-Only lists and should not have mail sent to them.

List | Source area | Area Description (source for)
--- | --- | ---
svn-doc-all | `/usr/doc` | All changes to the doc Subversion repository (except for `user`, `projects` and `translations`)
svn-doc-head | `/usr/doc` | All changes to the “head” branch of the doc Subversion repository
svn-doc-projects | `/usr/doc/projects` | All changes to the `projects` area of the doc Subversion repository
svn-doc-svnadmin | `/usr/doc` | All changes to the administrative scripts, hooks, and other configuration data of the doc Subversion repository
svn-ports-all | `/usr/ports` | All changes to the ports Subversion repository
svn-ports-head | `/usr/ports` | All changes to the “head” branch of the ports Subversion repository
svn-ports-svnadmin | `/usr/ports` | All changes to the administrative scripts, hooks, and other configuration data of the ports Subversion repository
svn-src-all | `/usr/src` | All changes to the src Subversion repository (except for `user` and `projects`)
svn-src-head | `/usr/src` | All changes to the “head” branch of the src Subversion repository (the FreeBSD-CURRENT branch)
svn-src-projects | `/usr/projects` | All changes to the `projects` area of the src Subversion repository
svn-src-release | `/usr/src` | All changes to the `releases` area of the src Subversion repository
svn-src-releng | `/usr/src` | All changes to the `releng` branches of the src Subversion repository (the security / release engineering branches)
svn-src-stable | `/usr/src` | All changes to the all stable branches of the src Subversion repository
svn-src-stable-6 | `/usr/src` | All changes to the `stable/6` branch of the src Subversion repository
svn-src-stable-7 | `/usr/src` | All changes to the `stable/7` branch of the src Subversion repository
svn-src-stable-8 | `/usr/src` | All changes to the `stable/8` branch of the src Subversion repository
svn-src-stable-9 | `/usr/src` | All changes to the `stable/9` branch of the src Subversion repository
svn-src-stable-other | `/usr/src` | All changes to the older `stable` branches of the src Subversion repository
svn-src-svnadmin | `/usr/src` | All changes to the administrative scripts, hooks, and other configuration data of the src Subversion repository
svn-src-user | `/usr/src` | All changes to the experimental `user` area of the src Subversion repository
svn-src-vendor | `/usr/src` | All changes to the vendor work area of the src Subversion repository

### C.1.2. How to Subscribe

To subscribe to a list, click the list name at http://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo. The page that is displayed should contain all of the necessary subscription instructions for that list.

To actually post to a given list, send mail to `<`listname`@FreeBSD.org>`. It will then be redistributed to mailing list members world-wide.

To unsubscribe from a list, click on the URL found at the bottom of every email received from the list. It is also possible to send an email to `<`listname`-unsubscribe@FreeBSD.org>` to unsubscribe.

It is important to keep discussion in the technical mailing lists on a technical track. To only receive important announcements, instead join the FreeBSD announcements mailing list, which is intended for infrequent traffic.

### C.1.3. List Charters

All FreeBSD mailing lists have certain basic rules which must be adhered to by anyone using them. Failure to comply with these guidelines will result in two (2) written warnings from the FreeBSD Postmaster `<postmaster@FreeBSD.org>`, after which, on a third offense, the poster will removed from all FreeBSD mailing lists and filtered from further posting to them. We regret that such rules and measures are necessary at all, but today's Internet is a pretty harsh environment, it would seem, and many fail to appreciate just how fragile some of its mechanisms are.

Rules of the road:

- The topic of any posting should adhere to the basic charter of the list it is posted to. If the list is about technical issues, the posting should contain technical discussion. Ongoing irrelevant chatter or flaming only detracts from the value of the mailing list for everyone on it and will not be tolerated. For free-form discussion on no particular topic, the FreeBSD chat mailing list is freely available and should be used instead.

- No posting should be made to more than 2 mailing lists, and only to 2 when a clear and obvious need to post to both lists exists. For most lists, there is already a great deal of subscriber overlap and except for the most esoteric mixes (say “-stable & -scsi”), there really is no reason to post to more than one list at a time. If a message is received with multiple mailing lists on the `Cc` line, trim the `Cc` line before replying. The person who replies is still responsible for cross-posting, no matter who the originator might have been.

- Personal attacks and profanity (in the context of an argument) are not allowed, and that includes users and developers alike. Gross breaches of netiquette, like excerpting or reposting private mail when permission to do so was not and would not be forthcoming, are frowned upon but not specifically enforced. However, there are also very few cases where such content would fit within the charter of a list and it would therefore probably rate a warning (or ban) on that basis alone.

- Advertising of non-FreeBSD related products or services is strictly prohibited and will result in an immediate ban if it is clear that the offender is advertising by spam.

Individual list charters:

freebsd-acpi

  ACPI and power management development

freebsd-afs

  Andrew File System

  This list is for discussion on porting and using AFS from CMU/Transarc

freebsd-announce

  Important events / milestones

  This is the mailing list for people interested only in occasional announcements of significant FreeBSD events. This includes announcements about snapshots and other releases. It contains announcements of new FreeBSD capabilities. It may contain calls for volunteers etc. This is a low volume, strictly moderated mailing list.

freebsd-arch

  Architecture and design discussions

  This list is for discussion of the FreeBSD architecture. Messages will mostly be kept strictly technical in nature. Examples of suitable topics are:

  - How to re-vamp the build system to have several customized builds running at the same time.

  - What needs to be fixed with VFS to make Heidemann layers work.

  - How do we change the device driver interface to be able to use the same drivers cleanly on many buses and architectures.

  - How to write a network driver.

freebsd-bluetooth

  Bluetooth® in FreeBSD

  This is the forum where FreeBSD's Bluetooth® users congregate. Design issues, implementation details, patches, bug reports, status reports, feature requests, and all matters related to Bluetooth® are fair game.

freebsd-bugbusters

  Coordination of the Problem Report handling effort

  The purpose of this list is to serve as a coordination and discussion forum for the Bugmeister, his Bugbusters, and any other parties who have a genuine interest in the PR database. This list is not for discussions about specific bugs, patches or PRs.

freebsd-bugs

  Bug reports

  This is the mailing list for reporting bugs in FreeBSD. Whenever possible, bugs should be submitted using the send-pr(1) command or the WEB interface to it.

freebsd-chat

  Non technical items related to the FreeBSD community

  This list contains the overflow from the other lists about non-technical, social information. It includes discussion about whether Jordan looks like a toon ferret or not, whether or not to type in capitals, who is drinking too much coffee, where the best beer is brewed, who is brewing beer in their basement, and so on. Occasional announcements of important events (such as upcoming parties, weddings, births, new jobs, etc) can be made to the technical lists, but the follow ups should be directed to this -chat list.

freebsd-chromium

  FreeBSD-specific Chromium issues

  This is a list for the discussion of Chromium support for FreeBSD. This is a technical list to discuss development and installation of Chromium.

freebsd-core

  FreeBSD core team

  This is an internal mailing list for use by the core members. Messages can be sent to it when a serious FreeBSD-related matter requires arbitration or high-level scrutiny.

freebsd-current

  Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-CURRENT

  This is the mailing list for users of FreeBSD-CURRENT. It includes warnings about new features coming out in -CURRENT that will affect the users, and instructions on steps that must be taken to remain -CURRENT. Anyone running “CURRENT” must subscribe to this list. This is a technical mailing list for which strictly technical content is expected.

freebsd-cvsweb

  FreeBSD CVSweb Project

  Technical discussions about use, development and maintenance of FreeBSD-CVSweb.

freebsd-desktop

  Using and improving FreeBSD on the desktop

  This is a forum for discussion of FreeBSD on the desktop. It is primarily a place for desktop porters and users to discuss issues and improve FreeBSD's desktop support.

freebsd-doc

  Documentation Project

  This mailing list is for the discussion of issues and projects related to the creation of documentation for FreeBSD. The members of this mailing list are collectively referred to as “The FreeBSD Documentation Project”. It is an open list; feel free to join and contribute!

freebsd-drivers

  Writing device drivers for FreeBSD

  This is a forum for technical discussions related to device drivers on FreeBSD. It is primarily a place for device driver writers to ask questions about how to write device drivers using the APIs in the FreeBSD kernel.

freebsd-dtrace

  Using and working on DTrace in FreeBSD

  DTrace is an integrated component of FreeBSD that provides a framework for understanding the kernel as well as user space programs at run time. The mailing list is an archived discussion for developers of the code as well as those using it.

freebsd-eclipse

  FreeBSD users of Eclipse IDE, tools, rich client applications and ports.

  The intention of this list is to provide mutual support for everything to do with choosing, installing, using, developing and maintaining the Eclipse IDE, tools, rich client applications on the FreeBSD platform and assisting with the porting of Eclipse IDE and plugins to the FreeBSD environment.

  The intention is also to facilitate exchange of information between the Eclipse community and the FreeBSD community to the mutual benefit of both.

  Although this list is focused primarily on the needs of Eclipse users it will also provide a forum for those who would like to develop FreeBSD specific applications using the Eclipse framework.

freebsd-embedded

  Using FreeBSD in embedded applications

  This list discusses topics related to using FreeBSD in embedded systems. This is a technical mailing list for which strictly technical content is expected. For the purpose of this list, embedded systems are those computing devices which are not desktops and which usually serve a single purpose as opposed to being general computing environments. Examples include, but are not limited to, all kinds of phone handsets, network equipment such as routers, switches and PBXs, remote measuring equipment, PDAs, Point Of Sale systems, and so on.

freebsd-emulation

  Emulation of other systems such as Linux/MS-DOS®/Windows®

  This is a forum for technical discussions related to running programs written for other operating systems on FreeBSD.

freebsd-eol

  Peer support of FreeBSD-related software that is no longer supported by the FreeBSD Project.

  This list is for those interested in providing or making use of peer support of FreeBSD-related software for which the FreeBSD Project no longer provides official support in the form of security advisories and patches.

freebsd-firewire

  FireWire® (iLink, IEEE 1394)

  This is a mailing list for discussion of the design and implementation of a FireWire® (aka IEEE 1394 aka iLink) subsystem for FreeBSD. Relevant topics specifically include the standards, bus devices and their protocols, adapter boards/cards/chips sets, and the architecture and implementation of code for their proper support.

freebsd-fortran

  Fortran on FreeBSD

  This is the mailing list for discussion of Fortran related ports on FreeBSD: compilers, libraries, scientific and engineering applications from laptops to HPC clusters.

freebsd-fs

  File systems

  Discussions concerning FreeBSD filesystems. This is a technical mailing list for which strictly technical content is expected.

freebsd-gecko

  Gecko Rendering Engine

  This is a forum about Gecko applications using FreeBSD.

  Discussion centers around Gecko Ports applications, their installation, their development and their support within FreeBSD.

freebsd-geom

  GEOM

  Discussions specific to GEOM and related implementations. This is a technical mailing list for which strictly technical content is expected.

freebsd-gnome

  GNOME

  Discussions concerning The GNOME Desktop Environment for FreeBSD systems. This is a technical mailing list for which strictly technical content is expected.

freebsd-infiniband

  Infiniband on FreeBSD

  Technical mailing list discussing Infiniband, OFED, and OpenSM on FreeBSD.

freebsd-ipfw

  IP Firewall

  This is the forum for technical discussions concerning the redesign of the IP firewall code in FreeBSD. This is a technical mailing list for which strictly technical content is expected.

freebsd-ia64

  Porting FreeBSD to IA64

  This is a technical mailing list for individuals actively working on porting FreeBSD to the IA-64 platform from Intel®, to bring up problems or discuss alternative solutions. Individuals interested in following the technical discussion are also welcome.

freebsd-isdn

  ISDN Communications

  This is the mailing list for people discussing the development of ISDN support for FreeBSD.

freebsd-java

  Java™ Development

  This is the mailing list for people discussing the development of significant Java™ applications for FreeBSD and the porting and maintenance of JDK™s.

freebsd-jobs

  Jobs offered and sought

  This is a forum for posting employment notices specifically related to FreeBSD and resumes from those seeking FreeBSD-related employment. This is not a mailing list for general employment issues since adequate forums for that already exist elsewhere.

  Note that this list, like other `FreeBSD.org` mailing lists, is distributed worldwide. Be clear about the geographic location and the extent to which telecommuting or assistance with relocation is available.

  Email should use open formats only — preferably plain text, but basic Portable Document Format (PDF), HTML, and a few others are acceptable to many readers. Closed formats such as Microsoft® Word (`.doc`) will be rejected by the mailing list server.

freebsd-kde

  KDE

  Discussions concerning KDE on FreeBSD systems. This is a technical mailing list for which strictly technical content is expected.

freebsd-hackers

  Technical discussions

  This is a forum for technical discussions related to FreeBSD. This is the primary technical mailing list. It is for individuals actively working on FreeBSD, to bring up problems or discuss alternative solutions. Individuals interested in following the technical discussion are also welcome. This is a technical mailing list for which strictly technical content is expected.

freebsd-hardware

  General discussion of FreeBSD hardware

  General discussion about the types of hardware that FreeBSD runs on, various problems and suggestions concerning what to buy or avoid.

freebsd-hubs

  Mirror sites

  Announcements and discussion for people who run FreeBSD mirror sites.

freebsd-isp

  Issues for Internet Service Providers

  This mailing list is for discussing topics relevant to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) using FreeBSD. This is a technical mailing list for which strictly technical content is expected.

freebsd-mono

  Mono and C# applications on FreeBSD

  This is a list for discussions related to the Mono development framework on FreeBSD. This is a technical mailing list. It is for individuals actively working on porting Mono or C# applications to FreeBSD, to bring up problems or discuss alternative solutions. Individuals interested in following the technical discussion are also welcome.

freebsd-office

  Office applications on FreeBSD

  Discussion centers around office applications, their installation, their development and their support within FreeBSD.

freebsd-ops-announce

  Project Infrastructure Announcements

  This is the mailing list for people interested in changes and issues related to the FreeBSD.org Project infrastructure.

  This moderated list is strictly for announcements: no replies, requests, discussions, or opinions.

freebsd-performance

  Discussions about tuning or speeding up FreeBSD

  This mailing list exists to provide a place for hackers, administrators, and/or concerned parties to discuss performance related topics pertaining to FreeBSD. Acceptable topics includes talking about FreeBSD installations that are either under high load, are experiencing performance problems, or are pushing the limits of FreeBSD. Concerned parties that are willing to work toward improving the performance of FreeBSD are highly encouraged to subscribe to this list. This is a highly technical list ideally suited for experienced FreeBSD users, hackers, or administrators interested in keeping FreeBSD fast, robust, and scalable. This list is not a question-and-answer list that replaces reading through documentation, but it is a place to make contributions or inquire about unanswered performance related topics.

freebsd-pf

  Discussion and questions about the packet filter firewall system

  Discussion concerning the packet filter (pf) firewall system in terms of FreeBSD. Technical discussion and user questions are both welcome. This list is also a place to discuss the ALTQ QoS framework.

freebsd-pkg

  Binary package management and package tools discussion

  Discussion of all aspects of managing FreeBSD systems by using binary packages to install software, including binary package toolkits and formats, their development and support within FreeBSD, package repository management, and 3rd party packages.

  Note that discussion of ports which fail to generate packages correctly should generally be considered as ports problems, and so inappropriate for this list.

freebsd-pkg-fallout

  Fallout logs from package building

  All packages building failures logs from the package building clusters

freebsd-platforms

  Porting to Non Intel® platforms

  Cross-platform FreeBSD issues, general discussion and proposals for non Intel® FreeBSD ports. This is a technical mailing list for which strictly technical content is expected.

freebsd-ports

  Discussion of “ports”

  Discussions concerning FreeBSD's “ports collection” (`/usr/ports`), ports infrastructure, and general ports coordination efforts. This is a technical mailing list for which strictly technical content is expected.

freebsd-ports-announce

  Important news and instructions about the FreeBSD “Ports Collection”

  Important news for developers, porters, and users of the “Ports Collection” (`/usr/ports`), including architecture/infrastructure changes, new capabilities, critical upgrade instructions, and release engineering information. This is a low-volume mailing list, intended for announcements.

freebsd-ports-bugs

  Discussion of “ports” bugs

  Discussions concerning problem reports for FreeBSD's “ports collection” (`/usr/ports`), proposed ports, or modifications to ports. This is a technical mailing list for which strictly technical content is expected.

freebsd-proliant

  Technical discussion of FreeBSD on HP ProLiant server platforms

  This mailing list is to be used for the technical discussion of the usage of FreeBSD on HP ProLiant servers, including the discussion of ProLiant-specific drivers, management software, configuration tools, and BIOS updates. As such, this is the primary place to discuss the hpasmd, hpasmcli, and hpacucli modules.

freebsd-python

  Python on FreeBSD

  This is a list for discussions related to improving Python-support on FreeBSD. This is a technical mailing list. It is for individuals working on porting Python, its 3rd party modules and Zope stuff to FreeBSD. Individuals interested in following the technical discussion are also welcome.

freebsd-questions

  User questions

  This is the mailing list for questions about FreeBSD. Do not send “how to” questions to the technical lists unless the question is quite technical.

freebsd-ruby

  FreeBSD-specific Ruby discussions

  This is a list for discussions related to the Ruby support on FreeBSD. This is a technical mailing list. It is for individuals working on Ruby ports, 3rd party libraries and frameworks.

  Individuals interested in the technical discussion are also welcome.

freebsd-scsi

  SCSI subsystem

  This is the mailing list for people working on the SCSI subsystem for FreeBSD. This is a technical mailing list for which strictly technical content is expected.

freebsd-security

  Security issues

  FreeBSD computer security issues (DES, Kerberos, known security holes and fixes, etc). This is a technical mailing list for which strictly technical discussion is expected. Note that this is not a question-and-answer list, but that contributions (BOTH question AND answer) to the FAQ are welcome.

freebsd-security-notifications

  Security Notifications

  Notifications of FreeBSD security problems and fixes. This is not a discussion list. The discussion list is FreeBSD-security.

freebsd-small

  Using FreeBSD in embedded applications

  This list discusses topics related to unusually small and embedded FreeBSD installations. This is a technical mailing list for which strictly technical content is expected.

  ### Note:

  This list has been obsoleted by freebsd-embedded.

freebsd-snapshots

  FreeBSD Development Snapshot Announcements

  This list provides notifications about the availability of new FreeBSD development snapshots for the head/ and stable/ branches.

freebsd-stable

  Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-STABLE

  This is the mailing list for users of FreeBSD-STABLE. It includes warnings about new features coming out in -STABLE that will affect the users, and instructions on steps that must be taken to remain -STABLE. Anyone running “STABLE” should subscribe to this list. This is a technical mailing list for which strictly technical content is expected.

freebsd-standards

  C99 & POSIX Conformance

  This is a forum for technical discussions related to FreeBSD Conformance to the C99 and the POSIX standards.

freebsd-testing

  Testing on FreeBSD

  Technical mailing list discussing testing on FreeBSD, including ATF/Kyua, test build infrastructure, port tests to FreeBSD from other operating systems (NetBSD, ...), etc.

freebsd-tex

  Porting TeX and its applications to FreeBSD

  This is a technical mailing list for discussions related to TeX and its applications on FreeBSD. It is for individuals actively working on porting TeX to FreeBSD, to bring up problems or discuss alternative solutions. Individuals interested in following the technical discussion are also welcome.

freebsd-toolchain

  Maintenance of FreeBSD's integrated toolchain

  This is the mailing list for discussions related to the maintenance of the toolchain shipped with FreeBSD. This could include the state of Clang and GCC, but also pieces of software such as assemblers, linkers and debuggers.

freebsd-usb

  Discussing FreeBSD support for USB

  This is a mailing list for technical discussions related to FreeBSD support for USB.

freebsd-user-groups

  User Group Coordination List

  This is the mailing list for the coordinators from each of the local area Users Groups to discuss matters with each other and a designated individual from the Core Team. This mail list should be limited to meeting synopsis and coordination of projects that span User Groups.

freebsd-virtualization

  Discussion of various virtualization techniques supported by FreeBSD

  A list to discuss the various virtualization techniques supported by FreeBSD. On one hand the focus will be on the implementation of the basic functionality as well as adding new features. On the other hand users will have a forum to ask for help in case of problems or to discuss their use cases.

freebsd-wip-status

  FreeBSD Work-In-Progress Status

  This mailing list can be used by developers to announce the creation and progress of FreeBSD related work. Messages will be moderated. It is suggested to send the message "To:" a more topical FreeBSD list and only "BCC:" this list. This way the WIP can also be discussed on the topical list, as no discussion is allowed on this list.

  Look inside the archives for examples of suitable messages.

  An editorial digest of the messages to this list might be posted to the FreeBSD website every few months as part of the Status Reports [13]. Past reports are archived.

freebsd-wireless

  Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development

  The FreeBSD-wireless list focuses on 802.11 stack (sys/net80211), device driver and tools development. This includes bugs, new features and maintenance.

freebsd-xen

  Discussion of the FreeBSD port to Xen™ — implementation and usage

  A list that focuses on the FreeBSD Xen™ port. The anticipated traffic level is small enough that it is intended as a forum for both technical discussions of the implementation and design details as well as administrative deployment issues.

freebsd-xfce

  XFCE

  This is a forum for discussions related to bring the XFCE environment to FreeBSD. This is a technical mailing list. It is for individuals actively working on porting XFCE to FreeBSD, to bring up problems or discuss alternative solutions. Individuals interested in following the technical discussion are also welcome.

freebsd-zope

  Zope

  This is a forum for discussions related to bring the Zope environment to FreeBSD. This is a technical mailing list. It is for individuals actively working on porting Zope to FreeBSD, to bring up problems or discuss alternative solutions. Individuals interested in following the technical discussion are also welcome.

### C.1.4. Filtering on the Mailing Lists

The FreeBSD mailing lists are filtered in multiple ways to avoid the distribution of spam, viruses, and other unwanted emails. The filtering actions described in this section do not include all those used to protect the mailing lists.

Only certain types of attachments are allowed on the mailing lists. All attachments with a MIME content type not found in the list below will be stripped before an email is distributed on the mailing lists.

- application/octet-stream

- application/pdf

- application/pgp-signature

- application/x-pkcs7-signature

- message/rfc822

- multipart/alternative

- multipart/related

- multipart/signed

- text/html

- text/plain

- text/x-diff

- text/x-patch

### Note:

Some of the mailing lists might allow attachments of other MIME content types, but the above list should be applicable for most of the mailing lists.

If an email contains both an HTML and a plain text version, the HTML version will be removed. If an email contains only an HTML version, it will be converted to plain text.

[13] http://www.freebsd.org/news/status/

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