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<h1><em>The Lynx Development Process</em></h1>
<p>Lynx is maintained and improved by an international
co-operative of volunteers. Newcomers are welcome to join the
group: you needn't be a super programmer, but you should be
prepared to listen and learn, as well as to contribute patches if
you can. Since everyone is a volunteer, you will usually be
expected to try to implement any suggestions you make.</p>
<h1><em>Lynx-Dev Discussion List</em></h1>
<p>The developers communicate through a mailing list — see
below for details — which is open to interested users as
well as programmers. Topics include fixing bugs, increasing
Lynx's tools and powers, meeting the ever-changing demands of the
Internet and porting Lynx to new systems.</p>
<p>Anyone may read what has been said on the list by visiting
<a href=
"http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev/"> the
Archive</a>.</p>
<h1><em>Development Versions of Lynx</em></h1>
<p>Besides <em>releases</em>, which are stable versions of Lynx
which come out once or twice a year and can be obtained from
<a href="http://lynx.isc.org/release/">the release site</a>,
there are <em>development</em> versions, which are experimental
— though usually stable enough to use — and appear
every few weeks, depending on current activity.</p>
<p>You can find the latest <em>development</em> version of Lynx
by visiting <a href="http://lynx.isc.org/current/">the
development site</a>.</p>
<h1><em>Subscribing to Lynx-Dev</em></h1>
<p>If you are interested in joining the Lynx mailing list, send
e-mail to <a href=
"mailto:lynx-dev-request@nongnu.org?subject=subscribe"> lynx-dev-request@nongnu.org</a>
with "subscribe" as the subject line.</p>
<p>You will need to answer one follow-up question to confirm you
want to subscribe. Mailman will then enroll you and send all
messages which you address to <em>lynx-dev@nongnu.org</em> to all
subscribers; you will also receive all messages sent by other
subscribers.</p>
<h1><em>Unsubscribing from Lynx-Dev</em></h1>
<p>To <em>unsubscribe</em>, send an e-mail to <a href=
"mailto:lynx-dev-request@nongnu.org?subject=unsubscribe"> lynx-dev-request@nongnu.org</a>
with "unsubscribe" as the subject line.</p>
<h1><em>Casual Inquiries</em></h1>
<p>Anyone may ask a question or offer a comment by sending e-mail
to <a href="mailto:lynx-dev@nongnu.org"> the list</a>. Since
all subscribers are volunteers, you depend on their goodwill and
will be more likely to get a response if you give the e-mail a
meaningful `Subject' and include details of your version of Lynx,
hardware and software. You can check the Archive to find any
responses.</p>
<p>Messages from non-subscribers are not immediately distributed
to avoid spam. Usually, if your message appears genuine, it will
be retrieved from the pile headed for the wastebasket within a
day or so and distributed to the list. For best results,
subscribe as described above.</p>
<h1><em>The Lynx-Dev Archive</em></h1>
<p>Messages posted to lynx-dev are archived in html format so
that you can view them using Lynx: go to the <a href=
"http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev/">Mail
Archive</a>.</p>
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