<html lang="en"> <head> <title>Volunteer Support - SBCL 1.0.31 User Manual</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> <meta name="description" content="SBCL 1.0.31 User Manual"> <meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.13"> <link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top"> <link rel="up" href="Getting-Support-and-Reporting-Bugs.html#Getting-Support-and-Reporting-Bugs" title="Getting Support and Reporting Bugs"> <link rel="next" href="Commercial-Support.html#Commercial-Support" title="Commercial Support"> <link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/" rel="generator-home" title="Texinfo Homepage"> <!-- This manual is part of the SBCL software system. See the `README' file for more information. This manual is largely derived from the manual for the CMUCL system, which was produced at Carnegie Mellon University and later released into the public domain. This manual is in the public domain and is provided with absolutely no warranty. See the `COPYING' and `CREDITS' files for more information. --> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <style type="text/css"><!-- pre.display { font-family:inherit } pre.format { font-family:inherit } pre.smalldisplay { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallformat { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallexample { font-size:smaller } pre.smalllisp { font-size:smaller } span.sc { font-variant:small-caps } span.roman { font-family:serif; font-weight:normal; } span.sansserif { font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal; } --></style> </head> <body> <div class="node"> <a name="Volunteer-Support"></a> <p> Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="Commercial-Support.html#Commercial-Support">Commercial Support</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="Getting-Support-and-Reporting-Bugs.html#Getting-Support-and-Reporting-Bugs">Getting Support and Reporting Bugs</a> <hr> </div> <!-- node-name, next, previous, up --> <h3 class="section">1.1 Volunteer Support</h3> <p>Your primary source of SBCL support should probably be the mailing list <strong>sbcl-help</strong>: in addition to other users SBCL developers monitor this list and are available for advice. As an anti-spam measure subcription is required for posting: <p> <!-- /@w --> <!-- /@w --> <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sbcl-help">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sbcl-help</a> <p>Remember that the people answering your question are volunteers, so you stand a much better chance of getting a good answer if you ask a good question. <p>Before sending mail, check the list archives at either <p> <!-- /@w --> <!-- /@w --> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=sbcl-help">http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=sbcl-help</a> <p>or <p> <!-- /@w --> <!-- /@w --> <a href="http://news.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.steel-bank.general">http://news.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.steel-bank.general</a> <p>to see if your question has been answered already. Checking the bug database is also worth it See <a href="Reporting-Bugs.html#Reporting-Bugs">Reporting Bugs</a>, to see if the issue is already known. <p>For general advice on asking good questions, see <p> <!-- /@w --> <!-- /@w --> <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html">http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html</a>. </body></html>