Apache Community Development - Community Development Mailing Lists
communication
mailing-lists
contacts
Almost everything and everyone at Apache use email lists to get work done, including this Community Development project right here! When people
send email to a list, many other community members get the message, and
someone usually provides a useful reply. Every email list at Apache is archived: most lists are
archived publicly
. That means that newcomers to a community can learn how
decisions on a project have been made in the past, because all the email discussions
a project has had are archived.
If you have questions about anything at Apache, the first thing to do is
find the right mailing list - and then send your question!
Read This First
Detailed instructions
on how to use Apache email lists (subscribing, sending
email, reading the archives, and other technical steps) are available on our main developer site. You can email most
lists without subscribing, but some lists require that you subscribe first. Most emails
are moderated, so they won’t show up on the list immediately. You may need to wait
a day, especially if you are new.
Please be sure your
question is on topic for the list
, and that you have at
least checked the relevant documentation first. Everyone at Apache is a volunteer,
and if you don’t do your homework, we probably can’t help you.
It’s also best to follow our
email etiquette guidelines
Find The Right Email List
Finding the right list helps get your question in front of people who will know
the answer. Each project at Apache uses their own dev@, user@, and
other email lists - so asking about Apache Tomcat on the Apache Cassandra
lists is likely going to be ignored.
Most projects have a
Mailing Lists
Community
, or
link on their homepage,
so start there if you know which project you’re asking about. If you don’t know which
kind of list to ask on, consult our full list of all
Apache-wide mailing lists
If you have
any non-technical questions
- or a question for us here in community
development - ask here by sending email to
dev@community.apache.org
You can also
read the archives of our dev@community
email list to see what other people have asked and learned.
Read The List Archives
Almost every list at Apache is archived publicly. Browsing the archives is a great way to learn about
how a community has done things in the past, or to learn about
why
a project
operates the way they do. The ASF maintains an official archive and allows both
browsing and searching through all public email archives: