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# The Lynx Development Process

Lynx is maintained and improved by an international co-operative of volunteers. Newcomers are welcome to join the group: you needn't be a super programmer, but you should be prepared to listen and learn, as well as to contribute patches if you can. Since everyone is a volunteer, you will usually be expected to try to implement any suggestions you make.

# Lynx-Dev Discussion List

The developers communicate through a majordomo mailing list -- see below for details -- , which is open to interested users as well as programmers. Topics include fixing bugs, increasing Lynx's tools and powers, meeting the ever-changing demands of the Internet and porting Lynx to new systems.

Anyone may read what has been said on the list by visiting the Archive.

# Development Versions of Lynx

Besides releases, which are stable versions of Lynx which come out once or twice a year and can be obtained from the release site, there are development versions, which are experimental -- though usually stable enough to use -- and appear every few weeks, depending on current activity. You can find the latest development version of Lynx by visiting the development site.

# Subscribing to Lynx-Dev

If you are interested in joining the Lynx mailing list, send e-mail to majordomo@sig.net with only the following request in the body of your message:

subscribe lynx-dev (address)

where your e-address is optional if it can be obtained correctly from the mail headers of your subscription request. You will need to answer one follow-up question to confirm you want to subscribe. Majordomo will then enroll you and send all messages which you address to lynx-dev@sig.net to all subscribers; you will also receive all messages sent by other subscribers.

NOTE: Subject headers are ignored when (un)subscribing.

# Unsubscribing from Lynx-Dev

To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majordomo@sig.net with only the following request in the body of your message:

unsubscribe lynx-dev (address)

where your e-address is optional if it can be obtained correctly from the mail headers of your subscription request.

# Casual Inquiries

Anyone may ask a question or offer a comment by sending e-mail to the list. Since all subscribers are volunteers, you depend on their goodwill and will be more likely to get a response if you give the e-mail a meaningful `Subject' and include details of your version of Lynx, hardware and software. You can check the Archive to find any responses.

Messages from non-subscribers are not immediately distributed to avoid spam. Usually, if your message appears genuine, it will be retrieved from the pile headed for the wastebasket within a day or so and distributed to the list. For best results, subscribe as described above.

# Subscribing to Lynx-Dev-Contrib

If you simply want to contribute e-mail to the list without receiving the sometimes heavy discussion as well, you can subscribe to lynx-dev-contrib instead. E-mail from the address you subscribe will be recognized as from a subscriber and automatically distributed to the list, but no e-mail will be sent from the list to you. If you have multiple accounts from which you want to post to the list, subscribe one of them to lynx-dev to receive the list mail and the others to lynx-dev-contrib.

To subscribe to lynx-dev-contrib, send e-mail to majordomo@sig.net with only the following request in the body of your message:

subscribe lynx-dev-contrib (address)

# Majordomo Commands

To receive a brief description of majordomo commands, send e-mail to majordomo@sig.net with only the following request in the body of your message:

help

You will receive by return e-mail a list of commands. Further information is available from the majordomo website.

If you have problems with majordomo not responding to requests, send e-mail to the list owner: majordomo-owner@sig.net. PLEASE DO NOT send them to lynx-dev@sig.net, where they would be distributed to everyone on the list, causing irritation by cluttering their mailboxes.

# The Lynx-Dev Archive

Messages posted to lynx-dev are archived in html format so that you can view them using Lynx: go to the HTML Archive.