Two mailing lists handle general questions about FreeBSD,
FreeBSD-questions
and
FreeBSD-hackers
. In some cases, it is not
really clear which group you should ask. The following criteria
should help for 99% of all questions, however:
If the question is of a general nature, ask
FreeBSD-questions
. Examples might be
questions about installing FreeBSD or the use of a
particular UNIX® utility.
If you think the question relates to a bug, but you are
not sure, or you do not know how to look for it, send the
message to FreeBSD-questions
.
If the question relates to a bug, and you are
sure that it is a bug (for example, you
can pinpoint the place in the code where it happens, and you
maybe have a fix), then send the message to
FreeBSD-hackers
.
If the question relates to enhancements to FreeBSD, and
you can make suggestions about how to implement them, then
send the message to
FreeBSD-hackers
.
There are also a number of other specialized mailing lists, which caters to more specific interests. The criteria above still apply, and it is in your interest to stick to them, since you are more likely to get good results that way.
All FreeBSD documents are available for download at https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/doc/
Questions that are not answered by the
documentation may be
sent to <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>.
Send questions about this document to <freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org>.