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PATCH: lists.html -- mention archives more prominently
- From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com>
- To: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Cc: Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 15:20:48 +0100 (CET)
- Subject: PATCH: lists.html -- mention archives more prominently
Christopher (aka postmaster@) requested that we make it even more clear
that our mailing lists have public archives. The patch below does that
and also simplifies/shortens the page a bit.
Installed.
Gerald
Index: lists.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/lists.html,v
retrieving revision 1.84
diff -u -3 -p -r1.84 lists.html
--- lists.html 7 Oct 2003 19:56:23 -0000 1.84
+++ lists.html 16 Nov 2003 14:19:49 -0000
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@
not have that part of the site!
-->
-<p><a name="gcc">The GCC project has many mailing lists</a>:</p>
+<p>The GCC project has many mailing lists, which are archived on the web
+(and <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/lists.html#searchbox">searchable</a>)
+as well as in
+<a href="ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/mail-archives/">mbox format</a>.
+</p>
+
<p>Announcement lists:</p>
@@ -161,24 +166,6 @@ web-based e-mail account.</p>
<p>are acceptable, although they are redundant; unless explicitly stated,
it's assumed that no-one on these lists means to speak for their company.</p>
-<h2>Archives</h2>
-
-<p>In addition to the web archives that are linked from the descriptions
-above, we also provide
-<a href="ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/mail-archives/">mbox formatted
-archives of each mailing list</a>. The <a
-href="ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/libstdc++/mail-archives/">mbox formatted
-archives of the libstdc++ mailing lists</a> are at present in a
-separate directory.</p>
-
-<!--
- NOTE: The server-side included form does not show up at mirrors, so refer
- to it by an explicit hostname to avoid confusion.
--->
-
-<p>The web archives are <a
-href="http://gcc.gnu.org/lists.html#searchbox">searchable</a>.</p>
-
<h2>Subscribing/unsubscribing</h2>
@@ -308,6 +295,11 @@ can do right now.</p>
<p>See also <a href="spam.html">information about dealing with spam on
the lists</a>.</p>
+
+<!--
+ NOTE: The server-side included form does not show up at mirrors, so refer
+ to it by an explicit hostname to avoid confusion.
+-->
<a name="searchbox"></a>
<include searchbox.ihtml>