pollen-users/README.md

# pollen-users

This is the official discussion area / mailing-list substitute for Pollen, a book-publishing system written in Racket. 

Questions, suggestions, announcements welcome. Your host: Matthew Butterick.

This supersedes the `pollenpub` Google Group that was used from June 2015 – August 2019.

### To read

No login necessary. All activity happens under the [Issues](https://github.com/mbutterick/pollen-users/issues) tab.

### To post

You need a GitHub account (free; email address needed). Then [post a new issue](https://github.com/mbutterick/pollen-users/issues/new).


### What kinds of topics can be posted here?

Anything pertaining to using Pollen — questions, suggestions, feature requests, etc. (Don’t feel constrained by the fact that they are all known as “Issues”.)


### After I post a question, when should I use the “close issue” button?

If you got a satisfactory answer, sure — hit the “close issue” button, and then others will know that no further reply is needed. BTW closing an issue doesn’t delete it or prevent further discussion post-closure. The issue can also be reopened if you change your mind.


### Can I search issues?

Yes. Use the search box in the top nav bar, which will search this repository (including all the Issues).


### To receive email notification of responses

If you start a new issue or post a response, you’ll automatically get email notification of subsequent messages posted to that thread.

### To receive email notification of new issues as they are created

That is, in the classic mailing-list style. At the top of the screen, use the “Watch” button to change your status to “Watching”.


### Does this replace the Pollen source repository?

No. That remains at https://github.com/mbutterick/pollen.


### Should I post Pollen bugs here or there?

Probably [over there](https://github.com/mbutterick/pollen), though I’m not going to be finicky about it.


### Why not consolidate all the issues over there?

I prefer to restrict the issues in the Pollen source repository to coding-related tasks.