In the present day, moderators of the mailing checklist for Bitcoin builders, Ruben Somsen, Bryan Bishop, and Warren Togami, introduced 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,” stated Bitcoin developer Bryan Bishop.
Subscribers to the present mailing checklist are urged to take motion promptly, as emails to the outdated checklist will not be accepted as of February 2024. Invites to hitch the brand new Google Teams platform might be despatched out to all present subscribers, enabling seamless transition to the up to date system. The brand new mailing checklist location might be accessible right here.
For individuals who missed the invitation or favor to subscribe manually, different choices are offered, together with e mail subscription or on-line interface registration utilizing a Google account. “For those who missed the invite and wish to subscribe manually you’ve got two choices,” the announcement said. “You may ship an e mail to bitcoindev+subscribe@googlegroups.com after which ship a reply to the automated e mail you’ll obtain (test your spam folder). Alternatively, you too can subscribe via the web interface at https://teams.google.com/g/bitcoindev, utilizing a Google account (not the identical as gmail – you may create a Google account with any e mail handle 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of archived mailing checklist contents (no Google account required) with backups accessible externally, the place the outdated mailing checklist could be considered. It is very important notice that the moderators “aren’t counting on Google for something essential right here and are merely utilizing them as a conduit for data that’s already meant to be public.”
The mailing checklist moderators additionally wish to remind members to ensure posts are related to everybody so as to keep signal-to-noise ratio. A listing of the mailing checklist guidelines, which stay unchanged, could be be discovered right here. Moderators could be reached at bitcoindev+proprietor@googlegroups.com.