On Mon 10 Jul, Russell King - ARM Linux Admin wrote:
> I don't mean to cause offence to those people at handhelds.org or any
> of the other mailing lists, but it strikes me that we're getting too
> many mailing lists covering the same sort of areas
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> Linux on ARM7110 ?
This is now basically the 'Linux on Psion PDAs' list
> I'd also like these "other" mailing lists provide a clear definition of
> their purpose so that it can be documented and readily available to people.
I generated this description of the various lists (for our ARMlinux
manual) a while back. If anyone has comments/disagrees etc please say so.
It will go online shortly.
Mailing lists:
There are several, depending on your level of experience/area
of interest.
There is a mailing list specifically for people new to
ARMLinux, where you are positively encouraged to ask 'stupid
questions.' This is <[75][EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
We recommend that all users join this list so that the
community can help each other out and compare notes. To
subscribe go to
[file://localhost/websites/www.armlinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/index.html] the
local copy of the site
http://www.armlinux.org and fill in the form. When you have
finished go on-line and submit it. Alternatively you can fill
in the form directly on-line.
There is also <[77][EMAIL PROTECTED]>. This is the
'main' ARMLinux list which covers ARMLinux topics not specific
to ARMLinux-newbie or linux-arm-kernel. This covers all
architectures that ARMLinux is used on. Users who have ceased
to be 'newbies' will find this of interest. To subscribe send
'subscribe linux-arm' (in the body of the message) to
<[78][EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<[79][EMAIL PROTECTED]> is for
kernel-related discussions, generally of a technical nature.
This normally covers the kernel, compilers, related tools and
new hardware. If you are a Linux beginner you won't understand
a word of what goes on here :-) This is the place for those
interested in the grubby stuff. To subscribe send 'subscribe
linux-arm-kernel' (in the body of the message) to
<[80][EMAIL PROTECTED]>
There are other lists not directly related to this distribution
of ARMLinux that may nevertheless be of interest.
<[81][EMAIL PROTECTED]> relates to work on and
discussion of the Debian port. In a similar vein,
<[82][EMAIL PROTECTED]> is concerned with the Psion 5 port
of ARMLinux whilst <[83][EMAIL PROTECTED]> is for those
who are interested in the StrongARM 1100 Linux port (Itsy,
LART, PLEB)
I should of course now add handhelds.org and emdebian.org to this list, and
linux-arm-announce, whose existence I had failed to notice (tut).
I agree with Russell's fundamental point that too much splitting is not
good, but equally I think that linux-arm and linux-arm-kernel are both
quite busy. I suspect that the sa1100 list is perhaps the one that might
be most appropriately re-integrated, and the linux-7110 list (which is
very low traffic) could also perhaps benefit from talking more to the
mainstream (eg a recent question there about a kernel oops didn't get
useful resonse directly because the people who knew the answers don't
read it). The other lists all have a well-enough defined purpose that
I don't think integration would help.
just my two pennorth.
Wookey
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