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 ====== Sahana Mailing Lists ===== ====== Sahana Mailing Lists =====
-The information below describes and captures the relevance of various topics to different mailing lists. If you are not familiar with Open Source mailing list we also recommend reading about [[http://www.openz.org/list_etiquette.php?umsSession=981177ebc6c0ae1aa82db72c81c6945b | mailing list etiquette ]]+The information below describes and captures the relevance of various topics to different mailing lists. Please read our guideline on **[[dev:community_etiquette| mailing list etiquette ]]** to better help you work well with the community.
  
-===== Sahana-user =====  +  * [[dev:community_etiquette Guideline on Mailing list etiquette]]
-[[https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sahana-user|Subscribe]] ) This mailing list is for users/administrators of Sahana to submit queries on any specific aspect of using, administering and deploying Sahana. General discussion items include:+
  
-  * queries on using the Sahana interface +Please read the scope of each of the mailing lists below and do your best **not to cross-post** between mailing lists (but once copied do not remove mailing lists either). If in doubt send your email to **discuss@list.sahanafoundation.org**.
-  queries on installing Sahana +
-  queries on customizing Sahana for a particular requirement +
-  queries on how to deploy Sahana based on the scenario+
  
-Please submit any feedback on the interface to the Sahana main-dev list if possible.+===== General Sahana Discussion Forums ===== 
 +==== Sahana-User ==== 
 +**users@lists.sahanafoundation.org / sahana-user@lists.sourceforge.net**: ([[https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sahana-user|subscribe]]) A mailing list for users and administrators of Sahana. All Sahana queries and issues with regard to an understanding, using and administering the Sahana application can be directed to this forumQueries can include:
  
-===== Humanitarian-ICT =====  +  * Queries on understanding the Sahana application 
-( [[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/humanitarian-ict/ | Subscribe ]] ) +  * Discussions collaborating on configuring and deploying Sahana 
-This mailing list exists to discuss the humanitarian and emergency management domain related ICT requirements, problems and solutions. This list is for people who do not want to get involved with the technical details on humanitarian-ICT projects such as Sahana. General discussion items include:+  * User feedback on how to better the Sahana application 
 +  * User surveys and general feedback
  
-  * Humanitarian and Emergency Management problems where ICT can help +You do not need to subscribe to this list to ask questionshowever questions from unsubscribed individuals will be moderated before it gets submitted to the list due to spamIf so please allow 24 hours for moderation.
-  * High level solution strategies (without too much technical depth) +
-  * Feedback on Humanitarian-ICT systems from a practitioners point of view +
-  * Non system/project specific requirements definition for problem areas +
-  * Humanitarian / EM standardsontologies discussions +
-  * Humanitarian-ICT system (e.gSahana) adoption and promotion recommendations and support+
  
-Please do **not** get into too much technical detail on this list and reserve that for Sahana-maindev+If however you post is related to a Sahana product or website vulnerability please post it to the Sahana security team at **security@sahanafoundation.org** to send this privately until the the vulnerability is resolved and a fix published.
  
 +==== Sahana-Discuss ====
 +**discuss@lists.sahanafoundation.org / sahana-maindev@lists.sahanafoundation.org**: ([[https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sahana-maindev | subscribe]]) This is a general discussion list for all Sahana official, unofficial and wannabe Sahana contributors. All contributors should be registered on this list as it represents the common forum where all major discussions regarding Sahaana will be made. It is also the catch-all forum for any topic that is not within scope of the other mailing lists. Discussions include:
  
-===== Sahana-maindev ===== +  * Disaster response related discussions where Sahana is being deployed 
-( [[https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sahana-maindev | Subscribe ]] ) All Sahana contribution related discussions happen on this list, whether it be technical design, coding, QA, documentation, deployment and geeky discussions (even Sahana T-Shirts!). Thus this really represents the project engineering team mailing list. Sahana-maindev discussions include: +  * Community building and event discussions 
- +  * Requirements clarifications and domain discussions 
-  * Sahana development queries, conventions, bugs +  * Security related discussions 
-  * Sahana architecture, design and schemas +  * Sahana foundation policy discussions 
-  * Sahana Documentation, theme, bugs and QA discussions +  * Infrastructure discussions 
-  * Sahana resource discussions (e.g. website, hosting, mailing lists) +  * Common Sahana project base development standards related discussions 
-  * Sahana standards on development, documentation and QA +  * Cross sahana-project interop related discussions
   * Sahana fun stuff (T-shirts, mascots, gizmos, logos, etc)   * Sahana fun stuff (T-shirts, mascots, gizmos, logos, etc)
-  * Anything under the sun with respect to Sahana contribution+  * Anything else not covered by the others 
 + 
 +===== Sahana Technical Forums ===== 
 +Sahana is now represented by multiple projects. Sahana-Agasti is a PHP/Symphony based disaster management system, whilst Sahana-Eden is a Python/Web2Py based project. They both have different strengths and focuses and you should pick the project you are interested in contributing. 
 +==== Sahana-Agasti and Sahana-Eden development forums ==== 
 + 
 +Sahana development projects: 
 + 
 +  * Sahana-Agasti (PHP): **agasti@lists.sahanafoundation.org** ([[https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sahana-agasti|subscribe]]) 
 +  * Sahana-Eden (Python): **eden@lists.sahanafoundation.org**  ([[http://groups.google.com/group/sahana-eden|subscribe]]) 
 + 
 +Scope of discussions on technical development lists: 
 +  * project specific development discussions 
 +  * project specific bugs resolutions 
 +  * development mentorship on the language and framework and project specific development items 
 +  * release management and packaging discussions 
 + 
 +==== Sahana-Localization ==== 
 +**sahana-localization@googlegroups.com**: ([[http://groups.google.com/group/sahana-localization | subscribe ]]) All Sahana queries and issues with regard to localization or translation efforts for the Sahana application can be directed to this forum. Discussion can include: 
 +  * Discussions on translating and localizing Sahana to different countries 
 +  * Queries on understanding the translation work flow 
 +  * Discussions collaborating with team members or people working on a language already 
 +  * User surveys and general feedback on the whole translation process.

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