@subsubheading Answer
-There's the newsgroup gnu.emacs.gnus
-(also available as
-@uref{http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.user,
-gmane.emacs.gnus.user})
-which deals with general Gnus questions.
-The ding mailing list (ding@@gnus.org) deals with development of
-Gnus. You can read the ding list via NNTP, too under the name
-@uref{http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general,
-gmane.emacs.gnus.general} from news.gmane.org.
+There's the newsgroup gnu.emacs.gnus (also available as
+@uref{http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.user,
+gmane.emacs.gnus.user}) which deals with general Gnus questions. If you
+have questions about development versions of Gnus, you should better ask
+on the ding mailing list, see below.
If you want to stay in the big8,
news.software.newssreaders is also read by some Gnus
users (but chances for qualified help are much better in
-the above groups) and if you speak German, there's
+the above groups). If you speak German, there's
de.comm.software.gnus.
+The ding mailing list (ding@@gnus.org) deals with development of
+Gnus. You can read the ding list via NNTP, too under the name
+@uref{http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general,
+gmane.emacs.gnus.general} from news.gmane.org.
+
@node [8.5]
@subsubheading Question 8.5
@item gnus-mime-display-multipart-related-as-mixed
Display "multipart/related" parts as "multipart/mixed".
-If displaying "text/html" is discouraged, see
+If displaying @samp{text/html} is discouraged, see
@code{mm-discouraged-alternatives}, images or other material inside a
"multipart/related" part might be overlooked when this variable is
@code{nil}. @ref{Display Customization, Display Customization, ,
@item i (Article)
@kindex i (Article)
Insert the contents of the @acronym{MIME} object into the buffer
-(@code{gnus-mime-inline-part}) as text/plain. If given a prefix, insert
+(@code{gnus-mime-inline-part}) as @samp{text/plain}. If given a prefix, insert
the raw contents without decoding. If given a numerical prefix, you can
do semi-manual charset stuff (see
@code{gnus-summary-show-article-charset-alist} in @ref{Paging the
(add-to-list 'nnmail-extra-headers nnrss-url-field)
@end lisp
-Even if you have added @code{"text/html"} to the
+Even if you have added @samp{text/html} to the
@code{mm-discouraged-alternatives} variable (@pxref{Display
Customization, ,Display Customization, emacs-mime, The Emacs MIME
Manual}) since you don't want to see @acronym{HTML} parts, it might be
@subsection Gnus Development
Gnus is developed in a two-phased cycle. The first phase involves much
-discussion on the @samp{ding@@gnus.org} mailing list, where people
+discussion on the development mailing list @samp{ding@@gnus.org}, where people
propose changes and new features, post patches and new back ends. This
phase is called the @dfn{alpha} phase, since the Gnusae released in this
phase are @dfn{alpha releases}, or (perhaps more commonly in other
circles) @dfn{snapshots}. During this phase, Gnus is assumed to be
unstable and should not be used by casual users. Gnus alpha releases
-have names like ``Red Gnus'' and ``Quassia Gnus''.
+have names like ``Oort Gnus'' and ``No Gnus''. @xref{Gnus Versions}.
-After futzing around for 50-100 alpha releases, Gnus is declared
+After futzing around for 10-100 alpha releases, Gnus is declared
@dfn{frozen}, and only bug fixes are applied. Gnus loses the prefix,
-and is called things like ``Gnus 5.6.32'' instead. Normal people are
+and is called things like ``Gnus 5.10.1'' instead. Normal people are
supposed to be able to use these, and these are mostly discussed on the
-@samp{gnu.emacs.gnus} newsgroup.
-
-@cindex Incoming*
-@vindex mail-source-delete-incoming
-Some variable defaults differ between alpha Gnusae and released Gnusae,
-in particular, @code{mail-source-delete-incoming}. This is to prevent
-lossage of mail if an alpha release hiccups while handling the mail.
-@xref{Mail Source Customization}.
+@samp{gnu.emacs.gnus} newsgroup. This newgroup is mirrored to the
+mailing list @samp{info-gnus-english@@gnu.org} which is carried on Gmane
+as @samp{gmane.emacs.gnus.user}. These releases are finally integrated
+in Emacs.
The division of discussion between the ding mailing list and the Gnus
newsgroup is not purely based on publicity concerns. It's true that
usually keep up with these rapid changes, while people on the newsgroup
can't be assumed to do so.
-@c FIXME:
-@c ding = gmane.emacs.gnus.general
-@c newsgroup = gnu.emacs.gnus = gmane.emacs.gnus.user = info-gnus-english
+So if you have problems with or questions about the alpha versions,
+direct those to the ding mailing list @samp{ding@@gnus.org}. This list
+is also available on Gmane as @samp{gmane.emacs.gnus.general}.
+@cindex Incoming*
+@vindex mail-source-delete-incoming
+Some variable defaults differ between alpha Gnusae and released Gnusae,
+in particular, @code{mail-source-delete-incoming}. This is to prevent
+lossage of mail if an alpha release hiccups while handling the mail.
+@xref{Mail Source Customization}.
@node Contributors
@subsection Contributors