docs/lists.rst

   1 Mailing Lists
   2 =============
   3
   4 There are four Mesa 3D / DRI mailing lists:
   5
   6 -  `mesa-users <https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-users>`__
   7    - intended for end-users of Mesa and DRI drivers. Newbie questions
   8    are OK, but please try the general OpenGL resources and Mesa/DRI
   9    documentation first.
  10
  11 -  `mesa-dev <https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev>`__
  12    - for Mesa, Gallium and DRI development discussion. Not for
  13    beginners.
  14
  15 -  `mesa-commit <https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-commit>`__
  16    - relays git check-in messages (for developers). In general, people
  17    should not post to this list.
  18
  19 -  `mesa-announce <https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-announce>`__
  20    - announcements of new Mesa versions are sent to this list. Very low
  21    traffic.
  22
  23 -  `piglit <https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/piglit>`__ -
  24    for Piglit (OpenGL driver testing framework) discussion.
  25
  26 **NOTE**: You **must** subscribe to these lists in order to post to
  27 them. If you try to post to a list and you're not a subscriber (or if
  28 you try to post from a different email address than you subscribed with)
  29 your posting will be held for an indefinite period or may be discarded
  30 entirely.
  31
  32 Follow the links above for list archives.
  33
  34 The old Mesa lists hosted at SourceForge are no longer in use. The
  35 archives are still available, however:
  36 `mesa3d-announce <https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=mesa3d-announce>`__,
  37 `mesa3d-users <https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=mesa3d-users>`__,
  38 `mesa3d-dev <https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=mesa3d-dev>`__.
  39
  40 For mailing lists about Direct Rendering Modules (drm) in Linux/BSD
  41 kernels, see the `DRI
  42 wiki <https://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/MailingLists>`__.
  43
  44 IRC
  45 ---
  46
  47 join `#dri-devel channel <irc://chat.freenode.net#dri-devel>`__ on
  48 `irc.freenode.net <https://webchat.freenode.net/>`__
  49
  50 OpenGL Forums
  51 -------------
  52
  53 Here are some other OpenGL-related forums you might find useful:
  54
  55 -  `OpenGL discussion
  56    forums <https://www.opengl.org/discussion_boards/>`__ at
  57    www.opengl.org
  58 -  Usenet newsgroups:
  59
  60    -  comp.graphics.algorithms
  61    -  comp.graphics.api.opengl
  62    -  comp.os.linux.x