From 7ab533048deb6373d75308648ea73a4fa544e3ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 10:04:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update information on newsgroups. --- share/FAQ/Text/FreeBSD.FAQ | 38 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/FAQ/Text/FreeBSD.FAQ b/share/FAQ/Text/FreeBSD.FAQ index ade51b564cca..247b32457b84 100644 --- a/share/FAQ/Text/FreeBSD.FAQ +++ b/share/FAQ/Text/FreeBSD.FAQ @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Please mail all suggestions and additions to -Revision: $Id: FreeBSD.FAQ,v 1.24 1995/03/11 19:13:26 gclarkii Exp $ +Revision: $Id: FreeBSD.FAQ,v 1.1 1995/03/21 20:19:13 jkh Exp $ All entries are assumed to be relevant to FreeBSD 2.0. Any entries with a are under construction. @@ -86,14 +86,16 @@ developers. For more information, send to and include a single line saying ``help'' in the body of your message. -announce: For announcements about or on FreeBSD. +announce: For announcements concerning FreeBSD. Low traffic. Subscribe! hackers: Useful for persons wishing to work on the internals. -questions: General questions on FreeBSD. -bugs: Where bugs should be sent. +questions: General questions on FreeBSD - questioners and question-answerers + please! +bugs: Where bug reports should be sent. SCSI: Mailing list for SCSI developers. current: This list is for persons wishing to run FreeBSD-current - and carries announcements and discussions on current. -security: For issues dealing with system security. + and carries announcements and discussions on current. This list + is *mandatory* if you run -current! +security: Information on issues dealing with system security. platforms: Deals with ports to non-Intel platforms ports: Discussion of /usr/ports/??? fs: Discussion of FreeBSD Filesystems @@ -102,28 +104,24 @@ hardware: Discussion on hardware requirements for FreeBSD. The FreeBSD-commit list has been broken up into groups dealing with different areas of interest. Please see the FreeBSD mailing list FAQ in: - /usr/src/share/FAQ/mailing-list.FAQ + /usr/share/FAQ/mailing-list.FAQ 0.3: What are the various FreeBSD news groups? -While there are no groups currently dedicated to FreeBSD, you may find -the following groups useful. +There are two newsgroups currently dedicated to FreeBSD: -comp.os.386bsd.announce: For announcements -comp.os.386bsd.apps: For applications -comp.os.386bsd.questions: For questions -comp.os.386bsd.development: For working on the internals -comp.os.386bsd.bugs: About bugs -comp.os.386bsd.misc: For items that don't fit anywhere else +comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce: For announcements +comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc: General discussion -NOTE: These groups cover all the *BSDs (FreeBSD, NetBSD, 386BSD). -comp.os.bsd: General BSD topics, maybe of intrest +The following newsgroups may also be of interest to general BSD +enthusiasts: + +comp.unix.bsd: General BSD topics +comp.os.386bsd.*: Ongoing, active FreeBSD discussions + (probably only for a short time longer). -NOTE: As of the date of this writing, there is has been a break up of -newsgroups into groups for each OS. These groups can be found under -``comp.unix.bsd''. 1 Installation