Re: Questions about doc file patches

[Mikael Djurfeldt]

Martin Grabmueller <address@hidden> writes:

> I am looking through the Guile sources and trying to get a feeling for
> it, fixing documentation bugs while I go.  Some questions which popped
> up:
> 
> - What is the correct mailing list for patches?

It depends.

If it's a bugfix, address@hidden is best.  If the patch is aimed at
end users only, address@hidden seems most appropriate (although
maybe we should omit that in order not to make things too
complicated).  If the patch is not a bug fix, but aimed at being
included in Guile or some Guile module, then address@hidden is
most appropriate.

> - Is there still something like a CVS commit mailing list?  And if
>   yes, what's its name?

Yes, address@hidden  (All mailinglists are subscribed to using the
mailman interface at gnu.org.)

> - Does subversions.gnu.org only accept CVS over SSH, like
>   egcs.cygnus.com did?

Developers use lsh.  Anonymous users use :pserver:.  (It would be a
good idea to test that this works as you have documented it.)

> - Maybe we should point readers to www.openssh.com instead of
>   www.cs.hut.fi/ssh now?

We should in fact point to lsh.  There should be a web page about it
under www.gnu.org/software.

> - Should the references to the guile-oops CVS module be removed?

Yes, please.

> - The snapshot mirror in Austria does not have a /pub/guile directory,
>   should it get removed from SNAPSHOTS?

Check it.  If it's up-to-date (last night's date), you can keep it,
otherwise drop it.

Thanks a lot!
/mdj