| Erik Faye-Lund | 4d06683 | 2020-06-12 20:09:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | Mailing Lists |
| 2 | ============= |
| 3 | |
| Eric Anholt | 2a80f96 | 2020-06-16 12:23:16 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | These are the primary Mesa 3D / DRI mailing lists: |
| Erik Faye-Lund | 4d06683 | 2020-06-12 20:09:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | |
| 6 | - `mesa-users <https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-users>`__ |
| 7 | - intended for end-users of Mesa and DRI drivers. Newbie questions |
| 8 | are OK, but please try the general OpenGL resources and Mesa/DRI |
| 9 | documentation first. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | - `mesa-dev <https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev>`__ |
| 12 | - for Mesa, Gallium and DRI development discussion. Not for |
| 13 | beginners. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | - `mesa-commit <https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-commit>`__ |
| Erik Faye-Lund | 50e26e5 | 2020-09-29 18:57:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | - relays Git check-in messages (for developers). In general, people |
| Erik Faye-Lund | 4d06683 | 2020-06-12 20:09:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 17 | should not post to this list. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | - `mesa-announce <https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-announce>`__ |
| 20 | - announcements of new Mesa versions are sent to this list. Very low |
| 21 | traffic. |
| 22 | |
| Eric Anholt | 2a80f96 | 2020-06-16 12:23:16 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | - `dri-devel <http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel>`__ |
| Erik Faye-Lund | ca613a5 | 2020-09-29 18:48:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | - for the Linux/BSD Direct Rendering Module (DRM) kernel modules |
| Eric Anholt | 2a80f96 | 2020-06-16 12:23:16 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | supporting Mesa's userspace drivers |
| 26 | |
| Erik Faye-Lund | 4d06683 | 2020-06-12 20:09:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | - `piglit <https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/piglit>`__ - |
| 28 | for Piglit (OpenGL driver testing framework) discussion. |
| 29 | |
| Erik Faye-Lund | bf3f0f7 | 2019-06-04 10:39:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | .. note:: |
| 31 | |
| 32 | You **must** subscribe to these lists in order to post to |
| 33 | them. If you try to post to a list and you're not a subscriber (or if |
| 34 | you try to post from a different email address than you subscribed with) |
| 35 | your posting will be held for an indefinite period or may be discarded |
| 36 | entirely. |
| Erik Faye-Lund | 4d06683 | 2020-06-12 20:09:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | |
| 38 | Follow the links above for list archives. |
| 39 | |
| 40 | The old Mesa lists hosted at SourceForge are no longer in use. The |
| 41 | archives are still available, however: |
| 42 | `mesa3d-announce <https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=mesa3d-announce>`__, |
| 43 | `mesa3d-users <https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=mesa3d-users>`__, |
| 44 | `mesa3d-dev <https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=mesa3d-dev>`__. |
| 45 | |
| Erik Faye-Lund | 4d06683 | 2020-06-12 20:09:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | IRC |
| 47 | --- |
| 48 | |
| 49 | join `#dri-devel channel <irc://chat.freenode.net#dri-devel>`__ on |
| 50 | `irc.freenode.net <https://webchat.freenode.net/>`__ |
| 51 | |
| 52 | OpenGL Forums |
| 53 | ------------- |
| 54 | |
| 55 | Here are some other OpenGL-related forums you might find useful: |
| 56 | |
| 57 | - `OpenGL discussion |
| 58 | forums <https://www.opengl.org/discussion_boards/>`__ at |
| 59 | www.opengl.org |
| 60 | - Usenet newsgroups: |
| 61 | |
| 62 | - comp.graphics.algorithms |
| 63 | - comp.graphics.api.opengl |
| 64 | - comp.os.linux.x |