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== Mailing list archives == | |||
Searchable archives are available at [https://marc.info/?l=flightgear-devel&r=1&w=2 '''marc.info''']. This site allows searching by topic name, searching by content of mailing list posts, browsing each month's topics, and searching by author. It doesn't have a thread view, but it has links to the next and previous posts in each topic thread. | |||
The archives are useful if you want to check or confirm details of some aspect of FG, as there will likely be relevant discussion from when a feature was implemented as well as surrounding design considerations/constraints. They can also be useful for new comers, or to check for information from long ago. | |||
The mailing lists are also searchable from the [https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/search/?q= sourceforge website]. Tips: Try searching the relevant mailing list e.g. 'fg-devel', increasing number of results, and click on the post date column to change sorting order from newest to oldest. Each results contains a view entire thread link down the bottom, but as of writing this (April 2021), the thread view is a broken or inconsistent. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||