Online Communication

openGauss community uses Mailing List, IRC and other channels for communication.

1. Mailing List

Welcome to participate in the discussion through the mailing list.

If you have never subscribed to the mailing list, do as follows:

Click the name of the mailing list that you want to subscribe to.
Wait until the browser goes to the subscription page of the mailing list, which provides instructions on how to subscribe.
Read the subscription instructions and provide an email address that you want to use to subscribe to the mailing list.
Enter your email address and click Subscribe. You will receive an email asking you to confirm the subscription.
Reply the email to confirm your subscription.
At last, you will receive a welcome email from the mailing list.

List Name	Email Address	Description
Community	community@opengauss.org	Mailing list for public discussions in openGauss community. Any community issues can be discussed here.
Connectors	connectors@opengauss.org	Mailing list for SIG Connectors discussion group in openGauss community.
Docs	docs@opengauss.org	Mailing list for SIG Docs discussion group in openGauss community.
Infra	infra@opengauss.org	Mailing list for SIG Infra discussion group in openGauss community.
SecurityAnnounce	securityannounce@opengauss.org	Mailing list for SIG Security Announce discussion group in openGauss community.
SQLEngine	sqlengine@opengauss.org	Mailing list for SIG SQLEngine discussion group in openGauss community.
StorageEngine	storageengine@opengauss.org	Mailing list for SIG StorageEngine discussion group in openGauss community.
TC	tc@opengauss.org	Mailing list for SIG TC discussion group in openGauss community.
Tools	tools@opengauss.org	Mailing list for SIG Tools discussion group in openGauss community.

List Name
Community
Connectors
Docs
Infra
SecurityAnnounce
SQLEngine
StorageEngine
TC
Tools

Email Address	Description
community@opengauss.org	Mailing list for public discussions in openGauss community. Any community issues can be discussed here.
connectors@opengauss.org	Mailing list for SIG Connectors discussion group in openGauss community.
docs@opengauss.org	Mailing list for SIG Docs discussion group in openGauss community.
infra@opengauss.org	Mailing list for SIG Infra discussion group in openGauss community.
securityannounce@opengauss.org	Mailing list for SIG Security Announce discussion group in openGauss community.
sqlengine@opengauss.org	Mailing list for SIG SQLEngine discussion group in openGauss community.
storageengine@opengauss.org	Mailing list for SIG StorageEngine discussion group in openGauss community.
tc@opengauss.org	Mailing list for SIG TC discussion group in openGauss community.
tools@opengauss.org	Mailing list for SIG Tools discussion group in openGauss community.

1.2 How Do I Send an Email to the Mailing List?

To send an email to a specified mailing list, send your email to the address listed on the mailing list.

Subscribers in this mailing list will receive your email.

1.3 How Can I View the Previous Mailing List?

To view previous emails, visit the following archive addresses:

Community : https://mailweb.opengauss.org/hyperkitty/list/community@opengauss.org
Community

Connectors : https://mailweb.opengauss.org/hyperkitty/list/connectors@opengauss.org
Connectors

Docs : https://mailweb.opengauss.org/hyperkitty/list/docs@opengauss.org
Docs

Infra : https://mailweb.opengauss.org/hyperkitty/list/infra@opengauss.org
Infra

SecurityAnnounce : https://mailweb.opengauss.org/hyperkitty/list/securityannounce@opengauss.org
SecurityAnnounce

SQLEngine : https://mailweb.opengauss.org/hyperkitty/list/sqlengine@opengauss.org
SQLEngine

StorageEngine : https://mailweb.opengauss.org/hyperkitty/list/storageengine@opengauss.org
StorageEngine

Tools : https://mailweb.opengauss.org/hyperkitty/list/tools@opengauss.org
Tools

2. IRC

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is widely used in open source projects because of its powerful real-time communication capability.

We sincerely invite you to join the openGauss IRC channel for discussion.

openGauss provides free and open communication through freenode.net.

The IRC software can be used in all operating systems. Wikipedia provides a comparison of diverse IRC clients. You may select one suitable client for your operating system.

IRC does not require complex configurations. If you do not want to download or install the software, you can use its web client (see at freenode.net).

Select a nickname to join the openGauss IRC channel.

2.1 openGauss IRC Channel

IRC Channel	Description
#opengauss	Discussion channel for community activities.
#opengauss-tc	Community Technical Committee discussion channel.
#opengauss-infra	Community infrastructure discussion channel.

2.2 Other Things You Might Want to Know

If you want to create a new IRC channel, visit the IRC channel #opengauss-infra or send an email to infra@opengauss.org for help.

Note: Many IRC channels have logs, and the logs are publicly accessible. Therefore, do not enter your private and sensitive data in these channels.