From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation•org>
Cc: spectral via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail•com>,
git@vger•kernel.org, spectral <spectral@google•com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MyFirstContribution: update mailing list sub steps
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 14:26:45 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqmst1hsd6.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240119-flat-jellyfish-of-drizzle-b31abe@lemur> (Konstantin Ryabitsev's message of "Fri, 19 Jan 2024 16:06:52 -0500")
Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation•org> writes:
> 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?
------------ >8 ----------------------- >8 ----------------------- >8 ------------
Subject: Docs: majordomo@vger•kernel.org has been decomissioned
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.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-01-19 22:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-01-19 20:59 [PATCH] MyFirstContribution: update mailing list sub steps spectral via GitGitGadget
2024-01-19 21:06 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2024-01-19 22:26 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2024-01-19 22:46 ` Kyle Lippincott
2024-01-20 10:48 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2024-01-20 18:08 ` Junio C Hamano
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