1Mailing Lists
2=============
3
4These are the primary Mesa 3D / DRI mailing lists:
5
6-  `mesa-users <https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-users>`__
7   - intended for end-users of Mesa and DRI drivers. Newbie questions
8   are OK, but please try the general OpenGL resources and Mesa/DRI
9   documentation first.
10
11-  `mesa-dev <https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev>`__
12   - for Mesa, Gallium and DRI development discussion. Not for
13   beginners.
14
15-  `mesa-commit <https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-commit>`__
16   - relays Git check-in messages (for developers). In general, people
17   should not post to this list.
18
19-  `mesa-announce <https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-announce>`__
20   - announcements of new Mesa versions are sent to this list. Very low
21   traffic.
22
23-  `dri-devel <http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel>`__
24   - for the Linux/BSD Direct Rendering Module (DRM) kernel modules
25   supporting Mesa's userspace drivers
26
27-  `piglit <https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/piglit>`__ -
28   for Piglit (OpenGL driver testing framework) discussion.
29
30.. note::
31
32   You **must** subscribe to these lists in order to post to
33   them. If you try to post to a list and you're not a subscriber (or if
34   you try to post from a different email address than you subscribed with)
35   your posting will be held for an indefinite period or may be discarded
36   entirely.
37
38Follow the links above for list archives.
39
40The old Mesa lists hosted at SourceForge are no longer in use. The
41archives are still available, however:
42`mesa3d-announce <https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=mesa3d-announce>`__,
43`mesa3d-users <https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=mesa3d-users>`__,
44`mesa3d-dev <https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=mesa3d-dev>`__.
45
46IRC
47---
48
49join `#dri-devel channel <irc://chat.freenode.net#dri-devel>`__ on
50`irc.freenode.net <https://webchat.freenode.net/>`__
51
52OpenGL Forums
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54
55Here are some other OpenGL-related forums you might find useful:
56
57-  `OpenGL discussion
58   forums <https://www.opengl.org/discussion_boards/>`__ at
59   www.opengl.org
60-  Usenet newsgroups:
61
62   -  comp.graphics.algorithms
63   -  comp.graphics.api.opengl
64   -  comp.os.linux.x
65