The NetBSD Project has created a new mailing list "pkgsrc-users@NetBSD.org"

to better serve the pkgsrc user community and to help refocus the

existing "tech-pkg@NetBSD.org" mailing list for technical discussions.

The charters for these two lists are:
    pkgsrc-users@NetBSD.org:

	This is a general purpose list for most issues regarding the

	pkgsrc, regardless of platform, e.g. soliciting user help for

	pkgsrc configuration, unexpected build failures, using particular

	packages, upgrading pkgsrc installations, questions regarding

	the pkgsrc release branches, etc.  General announcements or

	proposals for changes that impact the pkgsrc user community,

	e.g. major infrastructure changes, new features, package

	removals, etc., may also be posted.
    tech-pkg@NetBSD.org:

	This is a list for technical discussions related to pkgsrc

	development, e.g. soliciting feedback for changes to pkgsrc

	infrastructure, proposed new features, questions related

	to porting pkgsrc to a new platform, advice for maintaining

	a package, patches that affect many packages, help requests

	moved from "pkgsrc-users@NetBSD.org" when an infrastructure

	bug is found, etc.
All current subscribers to the "tech-pkg" mailing list are encouraged

to subscribe to the "pkgsrc-users" mailing list.
pkgsrc began in August 1997 as a package system for NetBSD.  Now

entering the project's ninth year, pkgsrc has been ported to multiple

operating systems and has grown to contain well over 5,000 packages.

Due to the overwhelming success of pkgsrc, we are attracting a much

wider audience of users across several different platforms, and we

are discovering that the continuing growth of pkgsrc is straining the

usability of our one mailing list devoted to discussing "all things

pkgsrc".  The creation of a new list devoted to user-related issues

will provide pkgsrc with two forums that have separate focuses and

will help users and developers alike.
	-- Johnny Lam