The linuxfromscratch.org server is hosting the following public accessible mailinglists:
lfs-discuss
lfs-apps
lfs-announce
alfs-discuss
alfs-docs
alfs-ipc
alfs-profile
The lfs-discuss mailinglist discusses matters strictly related to the LFS-BOOK. If you have problems with the book, want to report a bug or two or have suggestions to improve the book, use this mailinglist.
Any other mail is to be posted on the lfs-apps list.
The lfs-apps list deals with everything that does not fit on the lfs-discuss list.
The lfs-announce list is a moderated list. You can subscribe to it, but you can't post any messages to this list. This list is used to announce new stable releases. If you want to be informed about development releases as well then you'll have to join the lfs-discuss list. If you're already on the lfs-discuss list there's little use subscribing to this list as well because everything that is posted to the lfs-announce list will be posted to the lfs-discuss list as well.
The alfs-discuss list discusses the development of ALFS which stands for Automated LinuxFromScratch. The goal of this project is to develop an installation tool that can install an LFS system automatically for you. It's main goal is to speed up compilation by taking away your need to manually enter the commands to configure, compile and install packages.
ALFS-docs is the ALFS documentation project which creates and maintains all of the ALFS documentation.
The alfs-ipc list discusses the ALFS InterProcess Communication issues.
The alfs-profile list discusses the development of the ALFS XML profile and DTD.
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