MusicBrainz Mailing Lists

The MusicBrainz mailing lists (sometimes called groups) are one of the most important communication forums of the project.

Reading and Writing to the Lists

You can read and search most of the lists in a combined archive (hosted by Nabble).

You can also search the mailman archives by selecting "Search the MusicBrainz mailing lists" on the Site Search. This is the same as adding site:lists.musicbrainz.org to a query for a Google search.

You can send any (MusicBrainz related) mail to the UsersMailingList. You can even do this via Nabble. For all other lists, please make sure that your post is on topic -- see the descriptions below. You will need to subscibe to these lists in order to send mail. Finally, all users of the mailing lists are expected to follow the CodeOfConduct.

Multi-Purpose Mailing Lists

There are three multi-purpose mailing lists. You can post about almost any MusicBrainz related topic. The lists differ in the degree of involvement of their subscribers:

• UsersMailingList:

  • General discussions about MusicBrainz for all users. These include questions about the exact interpretation of the StyleGuidelines. When the term "MailingList" is used, this usually means the UsersMailingList is meant.
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• ExpertsMailingList:

  • Discussions about the development of MusicBrainz for experienced users, who have some experience with the structure, culture, and history of MusicBrainz. Please note that mb-experts is factually defunct since it currently serves no real purpose.
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• AdvisorsMailingList:

  • Restricted list for the MusicBrainz CommunityAdvisoryBoard.
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Specialized Mailing Lists

Then there are some more specialized lists which evolve around a specific topic:

• StyleMailingList:

  • Communication forum of the StyleCouncil, used to discuss improvements to the StyleGuidelines.
    Please do not ask how to understand or use guidelines! Such questions should be asked on the UsersMailingList.
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• DevelopersMailingList:

  • Development of MusicBrainz for programmers.
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• AnnounceMailingList:

  • Low traffic mailing list with announcements of new MusicBrainz software, services and server updates.
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• InternationalizationMailingList:

  • Discussions about internationalization of MusicBrainz.
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• AutomodsMailingList:

  • Restricted list for discussion between and election of new AutoEditors. Read-only for non AutoEditors.
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• BugsMailingList:

  • This list is an automated notification of changes in our Trac bug tracking system. Whenever someone adds/changes/closes a bug a mail is posted to this list. This list is handy for keeping track of changes to bugs.
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• CommitsMailingList:

  • This list is an automated notification of Subversion commits. Whenever someone checks in code into the Subversion repository for any of the MusicBrainz projects, a mail will be sent to this list. This list is handy for keeping track of changes to the codebase.
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• DatafeedMailingList:

  • For discussion and announcements relating to the MusicBrainz live datafeed. Low traffic.
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• PlaylistMailingList:

  • Discussion about creating a new portable playlist format that is open and portable. This list is not directly related to MusicBrainz, it is only hosted here.
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