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::
  27
  28    You **must** subscribe to these lists in order to post to
  29    them. If you try to post to a list and you're not a subscriber (or if
  30    you try to post from a different email address than you subscribed with)
  31    your posting will be held for an indefinite period or may be discarded
  32    entirely.
  33
  34 Follow the links above for list archives.
  35
  36 The old Mesa lists hosted at SourceForge are no longer in use. The
  37 archives are still available, however:
  38 `mesa3d-announce <https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=mesa3d-announce>`__,
  39 `mesa3d-users <https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=mesa3d-users>`__,
  40 `mesa3d-dev <https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=mesa3d-dev>`__.
  41
  42 For mailing lists about Direct Rendering Modules (drm) in Linux/BSD
  43 kernels, see the `DRI
  44 wiki <https://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/MailingLists>`__.
  45
  46 IRC
  47 ---
  48
  49 join `#dri-devel channel <irc://chat.freenode.net#dri-devel>`__ on
  50 `irc.freenode.net <https://webchat.freenode.net/>`__
  51
  52 OpenGL Forums
  53 -------------
  54
  55 Here are some other OpenGL-related forums you might find useful:
  56
  57 -  `OpenGL discussion
  58    forums <https://www.opengl.org/discussion_boards/>`__ at
  59    www.opengl.org
  60 -  Usenet newsgroups:
  61
  62    -  comp.graphics.algorithms
  63    -  comp.graphics.api.opengl
  64    -  comp.os.linux.x