Karl Berry wrote: > I remember seeing a document that recommended using help- info- and > [EMAIL PROTECTED] for GNU packages mailing lists. I can't find it > anymore (neither 'maintain' nor 'standards'), did that changed? > > No, it didn't change. The bug- thing in the Mail node of maintain.texi. > We should add help- there as well. > > The other place you've seen it discussed is rms' dubbing message. I had > him change that to recommend the circumlotion of creating PKG-bugs in > savannah and making bug-PKG an alias, purely because they can make that > list on their own, but they can't make bug-PKG. It would be great if > people could make bug-PKG in savannah.
Let me also vote to make it possible for users to create their own bug-PKG automatically. I think the critical mass of convention is behind bug-PKG and help-PKG and so it would be great if that simply happened by default. If there had been a consistent form from the start I don't think it would matter which way that it was but now that it has been bug-PKG for so long that is the form I would promote. Bob > File: maintain.info, Node: Mail, Next: Old Versions, Prev: Platforms, Up: > Top > > 7 Dealing With Mail > ******************* > > Once a program is in use, you will get bug reports for it. Most GNU > programs have their own special lists for sending bug reports. The > advertised bug-reporting email address should always be > [EMAIL PROTECTED]', to help show users that the program is a GNU > package, but it is ok to set up that list to forward to another site > for further forwarding. The package distribution should state the name > of the bug-reporting list in a prominent place, and ask users to help > us by reporting bugs there.
