Lynx is maintained and improved by an international
co-operative of volunteers. Newcomers are welcome to join the
group: you needn't be a super programmer, but you should be
prepared to listen and learn, as well as to contribute patches if
you can. Since everyone is a volunteer, you will usually be
expected to try to implement any suggestions you make.
Lynx-Dev Discussion List
The developers communicate through a mailing list — see
below for details — which is open to interested users as
well as programmers. Topics include fixing bugs, increasing
Lynx's tools and powers, meeting the ever-changing demands of the
Internet and porting Lynx to new systems.
Anyone may read what has been said on the list by visiting
the
Archive.
Development Versions of Lynx
Besides releases, which are stable versions of Lynx
which come out once or twice a year and can be obtained from
the release site,
there are development versions, which are experimental
— though usually stable enough to use — and appear
every few weeks, depending on current activity.
You can find the latest development version of Lynx
by visiting the
development site.
Subscribing to Lynx-Dev
If you are interested in joining the Lynx mailing list, send
e-mail to lynx-dev-request@nongnu.org
with "subscribe" as the subject line.
You will need to answer one follow-up question to confirm you
want to subscribe. Mailman will then enroll you and send all
messages which you address to lynx-dev@nongnu.org to all
subscribers; you will also receive all messages sent by other
subscribers.
Anyone may ask a question or offer a comment by sending e-mail
to the list. Since
all subscribers are volunteers, you depend on their goodwill and
will be more likely to get a response if you give the e-mail a
meaningful `Subject' and include details of your version of Lynx,
hardware and software. You can check the Archive to find any
responses.
Messages from non-subscribers are not immediately distributed
to avoid spam. Usually, if your message appears genuine, it will
be retrieved from the pile headed for the wastebasket within a
day or so and distributed to the list. For best results,
subscribe as described above.
The Lynx-Dev Archive
Messages posted to lynx-dev are archived in html format so
that you can view them using Lynx: go to the Mail
Archive.