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Mailing List Description

lfs-announce: The lfs-announce list is a moderated, low traffic list for those who want notification of new stable releases without the higher traffic of lfs-dev.
lfs-book: The lfs-book list is used for coordinating the LFS Book's maintenance. Traffic on it is mostly Trac and Git commit messages. It is important that all development discussion of interest to the Book's users take place on lfs-dev, not here. This is a moderated list.
lfs-dev: The lfs-dev list is only for discussion of LFS Book development.
lfs-support: The lfs-support list is the place to get help following the instructions in the stable release of LFS Book itself. If you are finished with the LFS book, please use blfs-support instead.
lfs-admin: The lfs-admin list is a moderated list used for coordinating hints, patches, and the website. Traffic on it is mostly Trac and Git commit messages.
blfs-book: The blfs-book list is used for coordinating the BLFS Book's maintenance. Traffic on it is mostly Trac and Git commit messages. It is important that all development discussion of interest to the Book's users take place on blfs-dev, not here. This is a moderated list.
blfs-dev: The blfs-dev list is only for discussion of BLFS Book development.
blfs-support: The blfs-support list is for the BLFS Book and beyond. It includes requests for help following the BLFS Book, requests for help with packages not (yet) in either the LFS Book or the BLFS Book, and other requests and discussion concerning software that might be installed on an LFS system. This list is relatively high traffic.
alfs-discuss: The alfs-discuss list is for discussion of ALFS development.

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