If you are interested in joining the LAD mailing list, please read this page thoroughly, and also the general mailing list information.
We deal with all things related to Audio programming on Linux, with the occasional digression into systems programming, drivers or DSP. Posting job offerings in related lines of work is encouraged.
Since it's all about cooperation, the projects discussed on LAD are usually open source. Refer to the Open Source Definition for details and a list of acceptable licenses.
But we also encourage commercial vendors who dwell on closed-source software to participate, share their experience, profit from the brains and knowledge that exist here and in turn offer specifications of their products and eventually donate some code back to the open source community.
While many of the frequent LAD contributors are experienced developers, newbie coders taking an interest in audio programming are welcome to join as well. Even some audio engineers and homerecordists without much programming skills are known to lurk on the list, stepping in when the talk moves to user interfaces, or sharing their experiences with professional audio appliances and representing the needs of the average, non-geek studio technician.
Please be aware that driver-related discussions and hardware installation questions are not within the scope of this list.
The linux-audio-dev list is unmoderated and open for everybody. Note that the signal to noise ratio is very high on this list, and we would like to keep it that way.
The web interface for the LAD list is at http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev/.
This should be the method of choice for most users. It is the fastest and easiest way to control your subscription. Making changes requires a personal password, which you must choose when you subscribe.
A password reminder will be mailed to you once a month.
Alternatively, you can use an email interface. If you are familiar with the Majordomo mailing list handler, you will notice that Mailman uses almost the same command set. The address of the email interface is linux-audio-dev-request@lists.linuxaudio.org.
Commands can either be sent in the subject or the body of the message. Be sure to have your .signature separated from the text by a line starting with a dash ("-"). Otherwise it will be misinterpreted as Mailman commands and you will receive error messages. Upon completion, the results will be mailed back to you.
Here are some important commands:
By default, the sender's address will be affected, unless you add an email address after the command. Since Mailman has per-list request addresses, you do not need to specify a list name.
In case of problems, you can reach the list owner at linux-audio-announce-owner@lists.linuxaudio.org.
The list address is linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org.
Do not send Mailman commands to this address!
Please allow a few hours for the message to get through. Do not post test messages - most things can be tested by making sure the mail relay on your side is properly configured, and by checking the web interface (see above). Should your message be held for some reason (perhaps due to a false positive from a spam filter), you will receive a message saying so.
By default, replies go to the list.
You are highly encouraged to cc: release announcements to the announce and user lists at linux-audio-announce@lists.linuxaudio.org and linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org