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How do I do X? Why doesn't Y work? Where can I go to get help? |
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to installing, using, or debugging Django. |
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active community of helpful individuals who may be able to solve your problem. |
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.. _`django-users mailing list`: http://groups.google.com/group/django-users |
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.. _`#django IRC channel`: irc://irc.freenode.net/django |
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Why hasn't my message appeared on django-users? |
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django-users_ has a lot of subscribers. This is good for the community, as |
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it means many people are available to contribute answers to questions. |
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Unfortunately, it also means that django-users_ is an attractive target for |
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In order to combat the spam problem, when you join the django-users_ mailing |
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list, we manually moderate the first message you send to the list. This means |
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that spammers get caught, but it also means that your first question to the |
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list might take a little longer to get answered. We apologize for any |
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.. _django-users: http://groups.google.com/group/django-users |
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Nobody on django-users answered my question! What should I do? |
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Try making your question more specific, or provide a better example of your |
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As with most open-source mailing lists, the folks on django-users_ are |
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volunteers. If nobody has answered your question, it may be because nobody |
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knows the answer, it may be because nobody can understand the question, or it |
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may be that everybody that can help is busy. One thing you might try is to ask |
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the question on IRC -- visit the `#django IRC channel`_ on the Freenode IRC |
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You might notice we have a second mailing list, called django-developers_ -- |
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but please don't e-mail support questions to this mailing list. This list is |
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.. _django-developers: http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers |
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I think I've found a bug! What should I do? |
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Detailed instructions on how to handle a potential bug can be found in our |
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:ref:`Guide to contributing to Django <reporting-bugs>`. |
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I think I've found a security problem! What should I do? |
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If you think you've found a security problem with Django, please send a message |
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to security@djangoproject.com. This is a private list only open to long-time, |
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Due to the sensitive nature of security issues, we ask that if you think you |
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have found a security problem, *please* don't send a message to one of the |
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.. _`policy for handling security issues`: ../contributing/#reporting-security-issues |