Chapter 9. The Fedora Community
Despite the fact that it is supported and heavily financed by Red Hat, Fedora is truly a community project with a global scope. Effectively participating in that community is an important part of using Fedora.
9.1. Participating in the Fedora Mailing Lists
Red Hat runs a large number of mailing lists for Fedora, which are the communication lifeblood of the Fedora projects and are the starting point for communicating with and becoming involved in the Fedora community.
9.1.1. How Do I Do That?
The Red Hat mailing lists are accessed through the web page http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo ; the Fedora lists have names starting with 'fedora-'. Clicking on a list title will take you to a page where you can join the list or view archives of previous messages sent to the list.
The list archives are useful in two ways:
? You can get a sense of the scope of discussion on the list and the volume of messages.
? If you have a specific issue you wish to discuss, you can see any discussion that has already transpired on that same topic.
Once you find a list that looks interesting to you, sign up by entering your email address, name, and password (twice), and then select digest or individual emails and click Subscribe.
Consider using a disposable email address for your subscription because this address will be made public and will probably eventually receive some spam. See Lab 7.6, 'Configuring the sendmail Server.'
Receiving messages in digest form reduces the volume of email to one or two large messages a day; the nondigested form will pepper your mailbox with many small messages but will make it is easier to respond to one specific message.
Even though Fedora is used internationally, the Fedora mailing lists are in English, which serves as the lingua franca of the open source community. The exceptions are the lists used by translation projects, which are usually in the target language.
Your subscription request will generate an email like this one:
Mailing list subscription confirmation notice for mailing list fedora-devel-list
We have received a request for subscription of your email address, '[email protected]', to the [email protected] mailing list.
To confirm that you want to be added to this mailing list, simply reply to this message, keeping the Subject: header intact. Or visit this web page:
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/confirm/fedora-devel-list/f1a901557
Or include the following line -- and only the following line -- in a message to [email protected]:
confirm f1a901557
Note that simply sending a Qreply' to this message should work from most mail readers, since that usually leaves the Subject: line in the right form (additional 'Re:' text in the Subject: is okay).
If you do not wish to be subscribed to this list, please simply disregard this message. If you think you are being maliciously subscribed to the list, or have any other questions, send them to [email protected].
To confirm the subscription, click on the link or send a reply email without editing the subject line. You'll receive a confirmation email:
Welcome to the [email protected] mailing list!
To post to this list, send your email to:
General information about the mailing list is at:
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
If you ever want to unsubscribe or change your options (eg, switch to or from digest mode, change your password, etc.), visit your subscription page at:
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/options/fedora-devel-list/chris %40fedorabook.com
You can also make such adjustments via email by sending a message to:
with the word Qhelp' in the subject or body (don't include the quotes), and you will get back a message with instructions.
You must know your password to change your options (including changing the password, itself) or to unsubscribe. It is:
