Re: [PATCH] MyFirstContribution: update mailing list sub steps
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
- Date
- Jan 19, 2024, 22:26 UTC
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Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> writes:
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> On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 08:59:15PM +0000, spectral via GitGitGadget wrote: >> contributing are welcome to post questions here. The Git list requires >> plain-text-only emails and prefers inline and bottom-posting when replying to >> mail; you will be CC'd in all replies to you. Optionally, you can subscribe to >> -the list by sending an email to majordomo@vger.kernel.org with "subscribe git" >> -in the body. The https://lore.kernel.org/git[archive] of this mailing list is >> -available to view in a browser. >> +the list by visiting https://subspace.kernel.org/vger.kernel.org.html and using >> +the `sub` link next to the `git` list (this is a mailto link; you can leave >> +subject and body blank, but you still have to send the email). The > > I recommend just telling people to send a message to > git+subscribe@vger.kernel.org and linking to > https://subspace.kernel.org/subscribing.html for more details. While > "sub/unsub" links will do the job for some people, webmail users may not > have things properly configured to correctly process the mailto: links.
Yeah, good suggestion.
Kyle, thanks for noticing the majordomo deprecation.
Perhaps something like this is agreeable to everybody?
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Update the instruction for subscribing to the Git mailing list we have on a few documentation pages.
Noticed-by: Kyle Lippincott <spectral@google.com> Helped-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> --- Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt | 5 +++-- README.md | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git c/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt w/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt index 279f6a3e7c..f06563e981 100644 --- c/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt +++ w/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt @@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ announcements, design discussions, and more take place. Those interested in contributing are welcome to post questions here. The Git list requires plain-text-only emails and prefers inline and bottom-posting when replying to mail; you will be CC'd in all replies to you. Optionally, you can subscribe to -the list by sending an email to majordomo@vger.kernel.org with "subscribe git" -in the body. The https://lore.kernel.org/git[archive] of this mailing list is +the list by sending an email to <git+subscribe@vger.kernel.org> +(see https://subspace.kernel.org/subscribing.html for details). +The https://lore.kernel.org/git[archive] of this mailing list is available to view in a browser. ==== https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/git-mentoring[git-mentoring@googlegroups.com] diff --git c/README.md w/README.md index 2c3de2f9c8..665ce5f5a8 100644 --- c/README.md +++ w/README.md @@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ Those wishing to help with error message, usage and informational message string translations (localization l10) should see [po/README.md][] (a `po` file is a Portable Object file that holds the translations). -To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in -the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org (not the Git list). The mailing +To subscribe to the list, send an email to <git+subscribe@vger.kernel.org> +(see https://subspace.kernel.org/subscribing.html for details). The mailing list archives are available at <https://lore.kernel.org/git/>, <https://marc.info/?l=git> and other archival sites.