From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14441 invoked by alias); 26 Jul 2007 20:52:54 -0000 Received: (qmail 14434 invoked by uid 22791); 26 Jul 2007 20:52:54 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp-out.google.com (HELO smtp-out.google.com) (216.239.45.13) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:52:50 +0000 Received: from zps36.corp.google.com (zps36.corp.google.com [172.25.146.36]) by smtp-out.google.com with ESMTP id l6QKqkuS006096 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:52:46 -0700 Received: from frodo.local ([172.26.100.117]) by zps36.corp.google.com with ESMTP id l6QKqhn7024016 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:52:43 -0700 Message-ID: <46A9099D.6020709@google.com> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:52:00 -0000 From: Diego Novillo User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (Macintosh/20070716) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: overseers@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Creating gcc-newbies mailing list Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact overseers-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: overseers-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2007-q3/txt/msg00037.txt.bz2 I would like to propose the creation a new mailing list: gcc-newbies@gcc.gnu.org. The purpose of this list is to attract and help new GCC developers who might feel lost and intimidated by the more arcane traffic at gcc and gcc-patches. In this list, no question regarding GCC development should be considered offtopic nor treated with "RTFM" responses. The idea is to give new developers a place where to hang out and ask all those questions they feel may be too silly for the main list. GCC has a reputation for being a difficult environment to work in and new developers are sometimes driven away by the terseness and/or perceived hostility in the main lists. The other goal of gcc-newbies is to provide a list of janitorial and relatively simple projects that are always floating around and nobody seems to get to. The GCC wiki already has a list of such projects, some of which should be a good start for anyone wanting to join. Or maybe this is not a good idea, but I have certainly seen some folks that complain about our less than friendly practices. Thanks.