[GAP Forum] Mailing list for GAP package authors and maintainers

[Alexander Konovalov]

Dear GAP package maintainers and authors,

(This email is addressed to package maintainers and authors, but 
I am sending it to the GAP Forum as I hope that I will be able to 
reach many of package maintainers and authors this way - apologies
for using Forum for such specific topic)


Formerly we have used email alias to send various emails to package 
authors, especially before major releases:

- points to address when preparing your package to the next release.

- information about some potentially disruptive changes.

- questions on your use of some functionality that we may change.


That system did not work very efficient:

- spam filtering became more restrictive, and sometime such emails 
  were bounced.

- such email traffic was separated from GAP development mailing 
  lists (no archives, not all developers involved in discussions).

- keeping email alias up-to-date was difficult with new packages
  being added and with outdated contact details in PackageInfo.g
  files.


Thus, there is a need for a change. Hence, if you are maintaining
GAP package(s), please consider joining an open GAP mailing list.
(If you're an author, but not a maintainer, of course you're very 
welcome to join too!). 

You may subscribe to this list here:

	http://mail.gap-system.org/mailman/listinfo/gap

You may also see prior postings to this list in its archive here:

	https://mail.gap-system.org/pipermail/gap/

This list is for the technical discussions of the development of 
the computer algebra system GAP and its packages. All future emails 
addressed to all package authors will be send only to that list,
so this will help to keep you informed and your package functional.

Thank you!
Alexander