As we speak, moderators of the mailing checklist for Bitcoin builders, Ruben Somsen, Bryan Bishop, and Warren Togami, announced the migration of the mailing checklist to Google Teams.
“The bitcoin-dev mailing checklist has migrated from Sourceforge.web the place it was initially hosted, to Linux Basis, to OSUOSL, and now it’s migrating to Google Teams,” said Bitcoin developer Bryan Bishop.
Subscribers to the prevailing mailing checklist are urged to take motion promptly, as emails to the previous checklist will now not be accepted as of February 2024. The brand new mailing checklist location will likely be accessible here.
For individuals who missed the invitation or want to subscribe manually, various choices are supplied, together with e-mail subscription or on-line interface registration utilizing a Google account. “Should you missed the invite and need to subscribe manually you could have two choices,” the announcement acknowledged. “You’ll be able to ship an e-mail to bitcoindev+subscribe@googlegroups.com after which ship a reply to the automated e-mail you’ll obtain (examine your spam folder). Alternatively, you can too subscribe by the web interface at https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev, utilizing a Google account (not the identical as gmail – you possibly can create a Google account with any e-mail deal with you want).”
The announcement additionally emphasised the significance of staying opted in to obtain all messages, to facilitate energetic participation and keep continuity in conversations to make sure that replies are threaded collectively correctly.
Moreover, the migration ensures the preservation and accessibility of archived mailing checklist contents (no Google account required) with backups obtainable externally, the place the previous mailing checklist might be seen. It is very important word that the moderators “aren’t counting on Google for something vital right here and are merely utilizing them as a conduit for info that’s already meant to be public.”
The mailing checklist moderators additionally need to remind contributors to verify posts are related to everybody so as to keep a very good signal-to-noise ratio. An inventory of the mailing checklist guidelines, which stay unchanged, might be be discovered here. Moderators might be reached at bitcoindev+proprietor@googlegroups.com.