[gtk/matthiasc/for-master: 101/104] docs: Don't point at mailing lists



commit 1ef6a35f3e18c8bfb5c0d464c1207bcec4d7b351
Author: Matthias Clasen <mclasen redhat com>
Date:   Tue May 12 01:02:49 2020 -0400

    docs: Don't point at mailing lists
    
    Replace references to the mailing lists by
    discourse + irc.

 docs/reference/gtk/resources.xml | 91 ++++++----------------------------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 79 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/resources.xml b/docs/reference/gtk/resources.xml
index f935011f27..1743708e2e 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gtk/resources.xml
+++ b/docs/reference/gtk/resources.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 ]>
 <refentry id="gtk-resources">
 <refmeta>
-<refentrytitle>Mailing lists and bug reports</refentrytitle>
+<refentrytitle>Contact information and bug reports</refentrytitle>
 <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
-<refmiscinfo>Mailing lists and bug reports</refmiscinfo>
+<refmiscinfo>Contact information and bug reports</refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>
 
 <refnamediv>
-<refname>Mailing lists and bug reports</refname>
+<refname>Contact information and bug reports</refname>
 <refpurpose>
 Getting help with GTK
 </refpurpose>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ discussed, we'll add a note to that effect in the report.
 </para>
 
 <para>
-The bug tracker should definitely be used for feature requests, it's
+The issue tracker should definitely be used for feature requests, it's
 not only for bugs. We track all GTK development in GitLab, to ensure
 that nothing gets lost.
 </para>
@@ -61,83 +61,16 @@ for GTK, available on GitLab.
 
 <para>
 If you want to discuss your approach before or after working on it,
-send and email to <ulink url="mailto:gtk-devel-list gnome org">gtk-devel-list gnome org</ulink>.
-You should not send a patch to the mailing list, as it will inevitably
-get lost, or forgotten. Always open a merge request.
+good ways to contact the GTK developers, apart from GitLab issues,
+are
+<simplelist>
+<member>the #gtk IRC channel on irc.gnome.org</member>
+<member>the gtk tag on the <ulink url="https://discourse.gnome.org/tag/gtk";>GNOME Discourse 
instance</ulink></member>
+</simplelist>
+You should not send patches by email, as they will inevitably get lost,
+or forgotten. Always open a merge request.
 </para>
 
 </refsect1>
 
-<refsect1>
-<title>Mailing lists</title>
-
-<para>
-There are several mailing lists dedicated to GTK and related
-libraries. Discussion of GLib, Pango, and ATK in addition to GTK
-proper is welcome on these lists. You can subscribe or view the
-archives of these lists on 
-<ulink url="https://mail.gnome.org";>http://mail.gnome.org</ulink>.
-If you aren't subscribed to the list, any message you post to
-the list will be held for manual moderation, which might take
-some days to happen.      
-</para>
-
-<para>
-<variablelist>
-
-<varlistentry>
-<term><ulink url="mailto:gtk-list gnome org">gtk-list gnome org</ulink></term>
-<listitem><para>
-gtk-list covers general GTK topics; questions about using GTK in programs,
-GTK from a user standpoint, announcements of GTK-related projects
-such as themes or GTK modules would all be on-topic. The bulk of the
-traffic consists of GTK programming questions.
-</para></listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry>
-<term><ulink url="mailto:gtk-app-devel-list gnome org">gtk-app-devel-list gnome org</ulink></term> 
-<listitem><para>
-gtk-app-devel-list covers writing applications in GTK. It's narrower
-in scope than gtk-list, but the two lists overlap quite a
-bit. gtk-app-devel-list is a good place to ask questions about GTK
-programming.  </para></listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry>
-<term><ulink url="mailto:gtk-devel-list gnome org">gtk-devel-list gnome org</ulink></term>
-<listitem><para>
-gtk-devel-list is for discussion of work on GTK itself, it is 
-<emphasis>not</emphasis> for
-asking questions about how to use GTK in applications. gtk-devel-list 
-is appropriate for discussion of patches, bugs, proposed features, 
-and so on.
-</para></listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry>
-<term><ulink url="mailto:gtk-i18n-list gnome org">gtk-i18n-list gnome org</ulink></term>
-<listitem><para>
-gtk-i18n-list is for discussion of internationalization in GTK; 
-Pango is the main focus of the list. Questions about the details of 
-using Pango, and discussion of proposed Pango patches or features, are
-all on topic.
-</para></listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry>
-<term><ulink url="mailto:gtk-doc-list gnome org">gtk-doc-list gnome org</ulink></term>
-<listitem><para>
-gtk-doc-list is for discussion of the <application>gtk-doc</application> 
-documentation system (used to document GTK), and for work on the GTK 
-documentation.
-</para></listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-</variablelist>
-</para>
-
-</refsect1>
-
-
 </refentry>


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