# HG changeset patch
# User Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com>
# Date 1476407709 -7200
# Node ID 05b2f0d66aa8a2c2ee4c1c3b4251b93f0ba0d81c
# Parent  4e0675ad8c98df8c971b8e0539e8b021973087c6
Some website authoring. Should be completed right now.

diff -r 4e0675ad8c98 -r 05b2f0d66aa8 _includes/footer.html
--- a/_includes/footer.html	Thu Oct 13 17:55:37 2016 +0200
+++ b/_includes/footer.html	Fri Oct 14 03:15:09 2016 +0200
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 <footer>
 Copyright © 1998-2016 John W. Eaton.
-Verbatim copying and distribution is permitted in any medium,
-provided this notice is preserved.
+This work is licensed under a
+<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">
+  Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
+</a>.
 </footer>
 
 <script>
diff -r 4e0675ad8c98 -r 05b2f0d66aa8 _posts/2012-12-31-news-archive.markdown
--- a/_posts/2012-12-31-news-archive.markdown	Thu Oct 13 17:55:37 2016 +0200
+++ b/_posts/2012-12-31-news-archive.markdown	Fri Oct 14 03:15:09 2016 +0200
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
   significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to
   graphics, path handling, and built-in variables.  Please read the
   [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.html" | absolute_url }}) file.
-  __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `December', `005259')
+  [See this post.](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2007-12/msg00153.html)
 
 
 - December 5, 2007
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
   significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to
   graphics, path handling, and built-in variables.  Please read the
   [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.html" | absolute_url }}) file.
-  __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `December', `005913')
+  [See this post.](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2007-12/msg00087.html)
 
 
 - November 10, 2007
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
   significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to
   graphics, path handling, and built-in variables.  Please read the
   [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.html" | absolute_url }}) file.
-  __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `November', `004842')
+  [See this post.](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2007-11/msg00192.html)
 
 
 - October 31, 2007
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
   significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to
   graphics, path handling, and built-in variables.  Please read the
   [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.html" | absolute_url }}) file.
-  __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `October', `004645')
+  [See this post.](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2007-10/msg00517.html)
 
 
 - October 13, 2007
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@
   significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to
   graphics, path handling, and built-in variables.  Please read the
   [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.html" | absolute_url }}) file.
-  __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `October', `004352')
+  [See this post.](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2007-10/msg00224.html)
 
 
 - September 17, 2007
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
   significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to
   graphics, path handling, and built-in variables.  Please read the
   [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.html" | absolute_url }}) file.
-  __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `September', `004002')
+  [See this post.](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2007-09/msg00190.html)
 
 
 - July 25, 2007
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
   significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to
   graphics, path handling, and built-in variables.  Please read the
   [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.html" | absolute_url }}) file.
-  __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `July', `003572')
+  [See this post.](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2007-07/msg00134.html)
 
 
 - May 23, 2007
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
   significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to
   graphics, path handling, and built-in variables.  Please read the
   [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.html" | absolute_url }}) file.
-  __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `May', `002949')
+  [See this post.](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2007-05/msg00190.html)
 
 
 - May 22, 2007
@@ -372,14 +372,13 @@
   significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to
   graphics, path handling, and built-in variables.  Please read the
   [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.html" | absolute_url }}) file.
-  __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `May', `002932')
+  [See this post.](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2007-05/msg00173.html)
 
 
 - March 27, 2007
 
   Version 2.9.10 is now available for ftp.
-  __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `March', `002372')
-
+  [See this post.](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2007-03/msg00275.html)
 
 - March 1, 2007
 
@@ -394,40 +393,40 @@
   A new graphics branch of the code is now in the works to keep all
   graphics data in Octave to improve compatibility with Matlab and
   facilitate newer graphics back-ends.
-  __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `December', `001435')
+  [See this post.](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2006-12/msg00054.html)
 
 
 - October 2, 2006
 
   Version 2.9.9 is now available for ftp.
-  __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `October', `000743')
+  [See this post.](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2006-10/msg00015.html)
 
 
 - August 24, 2006
 
   Version 2.9.8 is now available for ftp.
-  __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `August', `000500')
+  [See this post.](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2006-08/msg00056.html)
 
 
 - July 28, 2006
 
   Version 2.9.7 is now available for ftp.
-  __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `July', `000431')
+  [See this post.](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2006-07/msg00040.html)
 
 
 - July 27, 2006
 
   Fairly complete support for Matlab's MEX interface has been
   added to the Octave CVS archive and will be part of the 2.9.7
-  shapshot.  Please see
-  __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `July', `000424')
+  shapshot.  Please
+  [See this post.](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2006-07/msg00033.html)
   for more details.
 
 
 - June 29, 2006
 
-  Please see this
-  __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `June', `000309')
+  Please
+  [See this post.](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2006-06/msg00053.html)
   if you are having trouble compiling Octave 2.9.6 with GCC 3.x.
   After applying the patch, you'll need to run autogen.sh and configure
   again.  This means you'll need to have a recent version of
@@ -438,21 +437,21 @@
 - June 9, 2006
 
   Version 2.9.6 is now available for ftp.
-  __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `June', `000281')
+  [See this post.](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2006-06/msg00024.html)
 
 
 - May 26, 2006
 
   Function file cacheing has been improved with hopefully major
   speedups when calling m-file functions.
-  __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `May', `000230')
+  [See this post.](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2006-05/msg00204.html)
 
 
 - May 21, 2006
 
   Octave-forge is being cleaned up by moving core functions into
   the main Octave distribution.
-  __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `May', `000195')
+  [See this post.](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2006-05/msg00169.html)
 
 
 - May 11, 2006
@@ -461,14 +460,14 @@
   manipulating the <code>LOADPATH</code> variable, you can use the
   <code>addpath</code>, <code>rmpath</code>, and <code>path</code>
   functions.
-  __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `May', `000147')
+  [See this post.](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2006-05/msg00122.html)
 
 
 - May 3, 2006
 
   To enable XML reading, mat2cell was developed along
   with significantly more efficient versions of regexp and regexprep.
-  __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `May', `000025')
+  [See this post.](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2006-05/msg00033.html)
 
 
 - May 2, 2006
@@ -477,7 +476,7 @@
   identifiers that may be used with the warning function.  For example,
   <code>warn_divide_by_zero = false;</code> would now be
   <code>warning ("off", "Octave:divide-by-zero");</code>.
-  __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `May', `000044')
+  [See this post.](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2006-05/msg00019.html)
 
 
 - March 23, 2006
diff -r 4e0675ad8c98 -r 05b2f0d66aa8 bugs.md
--- a/bugs.md	Thu Oct 13 17:55:37 2016 +0200
+++ b/bugs.md	Fri Oct 14 03:15:09 2016 +0200
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 to help the entire community by making the next version of Octave work
 better, so you can contribute to the maintenance of Octave.
 
-[4]: {{site.docs_url}}/Trouble.html#Trouble
+[4]: {{ site.docs_url }}/Trouble.html#Trouble
 
 
 
diff -r 4e0675ad8c98 -r 05b2f0d66aa8 get-involved.md
--- a/get-involved.md	Thu Oct 13 17:55:37 2016 +0200
+++ b/get-involved.md	Fri Oct 14 03:15:09 2016 +0200
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@
 menu: true
 ---
 
-We always need more help improving Octave and there are many ways
-you can contribute.  You can help by fixing bugs, developing new
-features, answering questions on the mailing list or IRC channel,
-helping to improve the web pages.
+We always need more help improving Octave and there are many ways you can
+contribute.  You can help by fixing bugs, developing new features, answering
+questions on the mailing list or IRC channel, helping to improve the web pages.
 
 If you are wondering what to work on, we have a standard answer:
 what would you like to work on?  We try not to tell contributors
@@ -15,59 +14,51 @@
 within their own field of interest.  So, we would love your help,
 but would also love for you to work on what you love.
 
-If you need some inspiration, we do maintain a
-<a href="http://www.octave.org/wiki/Projects">list of possible projects</a>
+For some inspiration, we do maintain a [list of possible projects][1]
 on the Wiki.
 
 If you have an idea on what to contribute, then join the
-maintainers mailing list and discuss your ideas there.  That way
-others can provide input early on, which makes your contribution
-more likely to get accepted.
+[`maintainers@octave.org`][2] mailing list or the IRC [`#octave` channel][3]
+in Freenode and discuss your ideas there.  That way others can provide input
+early on, which makes your contribution more likely to get accepted.
+
+<p>
+<div class="alert">
+{% octicon stop class:"octicon-stop-octave" %}
+Please do <strong>not</strong> send help requests or bug reports to the
+<samp>maintainers@octave.org</samp> mailing list.  Refer to the
+<a href="{{ "bugs.html" | relative_url }}">bug tracker</a> or other
+<a href="{{ "support.html" | relative_url }}">support options</a> instead.
+</div>
+</p>
+
+[1]: http://www.octave.org/wiki/Projects
+[2]: https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/octave-maintainers
+[3]: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=octave&amp;uio=MT1mYWxzZSYyPXRydWUmMTI9dHJ1ZQda
 
 
-## Contacting developers
-
-If you want to participate in Octave development, you should join
-the <a href="https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/octave-maintainers">
-<code>maintainers@octave.org</code></a> mailing list.  <b>Please
-use this list only if you are participating in Octave's
-development.</b>  If you are looking for help in using Octave,
-please use the <a href="https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-octave"><code>help@octave.org</code></a>
-list instead, or check out other <a href="support.html">support
-options</a>.
-
-For sometimes faster communication, you can also chat in IRC
-in <code>#octave</code> in Freenode. Note, however, that the primary
-medium for development talk is the mailing list.
-
-
-## Using the Development Sources
+# Using the Development Sources
 
 The latest development sources of Octave are also available via
-<a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki">Mercurial</a> (hg)
-archive.
+[Mercurial][4] (hg) archive.
 
-The primary archive address
-is <a href="http://www.octave.org/hg/octave">http://www.octave.org/hg/octave</a>,
-which currently redirects
-to <a href="http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave">http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave</a>.
+The primary archive address is [http://www.octave.org/hg/octave][5],
+which currently redirects to [http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave][6].
 
-If you decide to use the development sources from the Mercurial
-archive, please read the
-file <a href="http://www.octave.org/hg/octave/file/tip/etc/HACKING"><code>etc/HACKING</code></a>
-that is available with the source files.
+If you decide to use the development sources from the Mercurial archive,
+please read the file [`etc/HACKING`][7] that is available with the source
+files.
 
-Assuming you have Mercurial and git installed on your machine you
-may obtain the latest development version of Octave sources with
-the following command:
+Assuming you have Mercurial and git installed on your machine you may obtain
+the latest development version of Octave sources with the following command:
 
 {% highlight text %}
 hg clone http://www.octave.org/hg/octave
 {% endhighlight %}
 
-This will clone <em>two</em> repositories, one of which is
-subrepository of the main Octave repository. Once you have these,
-you can resync with the archive by doing
+This will clone *two* repositories, one of which is subrepository of the
+main Octave repository. Once you have these, you can resync with the archive
+by doing
 
 {% highlight text %}
 hg -v pull
@@ -76,16 +67,21 @@
 
 The `-v` option is not required but provides extra information
 about what was pulled and updated.  The Octave manual has more
-information about <a href="doc/interpreter/Contributing-Guidelines.html#Contributing-Guidelines">contributing
-to Octave's development</a>.
+information about [contributing to Octave's development][8].
+
+[4]: http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki
+[5]: http://www.octave.org/hg/octave
+[6]: http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave
+[7]: http://www.octave.org/hg/octave/file/tip/etc/HACKING
+[8]: {{ site.docs_url }}/Contributing-Guidelines.html#Contributing-Guidelines
 
 
-## Octave Forge
+# Octave Forge
 
-The community-developed [Octave-Forge][forge] packages expand Octave's core
+The community-developed [Octave-Forge][9] packages expand Octave's core
 functionality by providing field specific features via Octave's package system.
 For example, image and signal processing, fuzzy logic, instrument control,
-and statistics packages are examples of individual Octave-Forge packages.
+and statistics packages are examples of individual [Octave-Forge packages][10].
 
-[forge]: http://octave.sourceforge.net/
-[forge-packages]: http://octave.sourceforge.net/packages.php
+[9]: http://octave.sourceforge.net/
+[10]: http://octave.sourceforge.net/packages.php
diff -r 4e0675ad8c98 -r 05b2f0d66aa8 support.md
--- a/support.md	Thu Oct 13 17:55:37 2016 +0200
+++ b/support.md	Fri Oct 14 03:15:09 2016 +0200
@@ -72,6 +72,16 @@
   <input type="submit" value="Search" />
   </form>
 
+
+  <p>
+  <div class="alert">
+  {% octicon stop class:"octicon-stop-octave" %}
+  Please do <strong>not</strong> send any bug reports to the
+  <samp>help@octave.org</samp> mailing list.
+  Most Octave users do not want to receive bug reports.
+  </div>
+  </p>
+
 - **IRC Chat**:
   Too impatient for email? You can find Octave developers and users on the
   [`#octave` channel][10] at [`irc.freenode.net`][11].