Immediately, moderators of the mailing listing for Bitcoin builders, Ruben Somsen, Bryan Bishop, and Warren Togami, announced the migration of the mailing listing to Google Groups.
“The bitcoin-dev mailing list has migrated from Sourceforge.net where it was originally hosted, to Linux Foundation, to OSUOSL, and now it is migrating to Google Groups,” said Bitcoin developer Bryan Bishop.
Subscribers to the prevailing mailing listing are urged to take motion promptly, as emails to the previous listing will not be accepted as of February 2024. The brand new mailing listing location shall be accessible here.
For many who missed the invitation or desire to subscribe manually, various choices are offered, together with e mail subscription or on-line interface registration utilizing a Google account. “If you missed the invite and want to subscribe manually you have two options,” the announcement acknowledged. “You can send an email to bitcoindev+subscribe@googlegroups.com and then send a reply to the automated email you’ll receive (check your spam folder). Alternatively, you can also subscribe through the online interface at https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev, using a Google account (not the same as gmail – you can create a Google account with any email address you like).”
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 listing contents (no Google account required) with backups out there externally, the place the previous mailing listing might be considered. It is very important word that the moderators “aren’t relying on Google for anything critical here and are merely using them as a conduit for information that is already meant to be public.”
The mailing listing moderators additionally need to remind individuals to verify posts are related to everybody with a purpose to keep a great signal-to-noise ratio. A listing of the mailing listing guidelines, which stay unchanged, might be be discovered here. Moderators might be reached at bitcoindev+proprietor@googlegroups.com.
