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Mailing Lists

“If it hasn’t happened in an email list or forum, it hasn’t happened”
Open Source Axiom

Mailing Lists are the lifeblood of the Xen Project.  We welcome the community to participate in the development of the Xen Project, and encourage you to be familiar with mailing list etiquette:

  • Post in plain text (i.e. not HTML), word-wrapped to somewhere around 72 characters.
  • Don’t top-post: reply in-line below the text you’re replying to.
  • Trim the quoted material in your reply to only include the bits you are responding to.
  • Start a new thread for a new bug (don’t just reply to a random email from the list).
  • Don’t email bugs directly to Xen Project developers. Keep the conversation on the list where other people (and search engines) can see it.
  • When you reply to a mail, ensure that you reply to the list and all author(s). Not all posters on the list may be subscribed to the list.

Search Xen Project mailing lists:

All Xen Project mailing lists are archived here. Often you will find an answer to a question by searching here!

Mailing List Usage

Xen Project mailing lists have a web as well as an email interface.

  • Send an email command to mylist-request@lists.xenproject.org (mylist may for example be xen-announce ) with one of the following commands in the subject line. Common commands are help, subscribe and unsubscribe. Alternatively, you can use the  SUBSCRIBE  buttons below.
  • Go to https://lists.xenproject.org/mailman/listinfo/mylist (mylist may for example be xen-announce) and use the web interface to subscribe, unsubscribe or log into the list management interface.
  • You can send a note to a Xen Project mailing list, without being subscribed to it. But your post will be moderated.
  • If you have problems, please email community.manager@xenproject.org

General Mailing Lists and Forums

This section contains primarily links to mailing lists, which are denoted below using LIST-NAME@. However, we do also have resources for projects which use forums or newsletters, which are clearly marked as such.

xen-announce@

Announcements related to the project. These may be release announcements, security advisories, announcements related to events. This is a low volume list, with about 1-2 posts per month.

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xen-users@

This list is for those using and installing the Xen Project software.

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XCP-ng Forums

XCP-ng forums provide self-help for technical topics on the usage of XCP. In addition there are forums that cover releases, security patches and news about the XCP-ng project.

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XCP-ng Newsletter

There is also a newsletter which you can subscribe to.

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Developer Mailing Lists

xen-devel@

A discussion list for the Xen Project Hypervisor developer community. Please do not use this list for technical support queries.

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xen-api@

A discussion list for the XAPI project, developing a protocol, data-model, and language bindings for remote and local management of Xen-based systems. The list is both for developers and users. Note that most technical discussions for the Xen API project happen on Github (via issues, etc. on the respective repositories).

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mirageos-devel@

A discussion list for the Mirage OS developer community. Note that most technical discussions for the Xen API project happen on Github (via issues, etc. on the respective repositories).

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win-pv-devel@

A discussion list for the Windows PV Drivers developer community.

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minios-devel@ (includes Unikraft Development)

A discussion list for MiniOS and Unikraft development.

Important: For patches that need to go into hypervisor mainline please keep on using xen-devel@. For development discussions that are MiniOS and Unikraft specific, but impact the hypervisor and/or other sub-projects, please CC the relevant mailing list. For Unikraft code submissions please use the prefix [UNIKRAFT PATCH xxx], whereas for MiniOS, use [PATCH xxx].

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xen-changelog@

This is a receive-only list to which details of changesets to the Xen Hypervisor Git repositories are sent.

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osstest-output@

This is a receive-only list to which detailed test results and reports from the Xen Project Test Lab are sent. This is a very high volume list with 500+ e-mails a day. Only subscribe to it with filters set up. Principal test results are posted to the xen-devel list.

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Special Mailing Lists

private@

This list is for maintainers of all Xen teams, and key developers that have been invited by maintainers. This list is intended to be used only when privacy implications or similar prevent usage of a public list. Example usage may be to let other community members know of absence (due to holidays, maternity/paternity leave, etc.) and to arrange cover. Another example may be to ask other team members for advice on how to respond to a difficult situation in the community. Any conversations that should have been started on a public list, will be forwarded to an appropriate public list.

This list is an invite-only list and is not archived. Community members can subscribe, but approval in line with Mailing List Conventions is required.

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publicity@

This is a list to coordinate content for the Xen Project blog, articles in the open source and Linux press, other media, press activities, to coordinate attendance and submissions for open source and industry events and anything else to promote the Xen Project. The list is open for people in the community who care about promoting the Xen Project. The list is also archived. To join, please email the Community Manager.

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security@xenproject.org

This e-mail alias is intended for reporting security vulnerabilities in Xen Project software (this also covers the situation where an existing published changeset is retrospectively found to be a security fix). List membership is restricted to members of the Xen Project Security Response Team and thus invite only and obviously, there is no public archive. For more information on how the Xen Project handles security vulnerabilities, see the Xen Security Problem Response Process.

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predisclosure-applications@

Organizations who want to become a member of the Xen Project predisclosure list to receive pre-disclosure of security advisories and who meet the criteria outlined in the Xen Security Problem Response Process should become members of this mailing list and submit their application through this mailing list as outlined in Xen Security Problem Response Process. The list is open to all community members who care about security and although pre-disclosure membership applications are evaluated based on strict criteria, all applications are open for review and comment by community members. The list is also archived.

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Lists related to Xen Project Governance

advisory-board@

A discussion list for members of the Xen Project Advisory Board. The list is invite-only.

Policies

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