PATCH for Re: Mailing list usage

[Gerald Pfeifer]

On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
>> Apologies for the late reply, but I formerly only read the gcc list, not
>> gcc-patches. I had presumed that anything that required any discussion
>> like removal of a host/target would be discussed there.
> Personally, I strongly second this point!
> [...]
> If this is also the general consensus, I'd be willing to add something
> to our web pages concerning this.

Based on my proposal to document this three weeks ago, and Mark's
affirmative feedback I have committed the patch below:

Gerald

Index: lists.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/lists.html,v
retrieving revision 1.72
diff -u -3 -p -r1.72 lists.html
--- lists.html	2001/12/28 15:51:19	1.72
+++ lists.html	2002/01/06 15:55:37
@@ -30,10 +30,15 @@
 <p>Open lists:</p>

 <ul>
-  <li><b><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/">gcc</a></b>
+  <li><p><b><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/">gcc</a></b>
   is a high volume list for general development discussions about GCC.
   Anything relevant to the development or testing of GCC and not
-  covered by other mailing lists is suitable for discussion here.</li>
+  covered by other mailing lists is suitable for discussion here.</p>
+
+  <p>All major decisions and changes, like abandoning ports or frontends,
+  should be announced and discussed here.  Ideally, this list should be
+  sufficient to follow the major trends and important news in GCC's
+  development process.</p></li>

   <li><b><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-help/">gcc-help</a></b>
   is a relatively high volume list for people searching for help in building