From 744df776919017d7f02161a96cf96e92ca8eb48b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Todd Gamblin <tgamblin@llnl.gov>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 09:28:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add mailing list links to README

---
 README.md | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 69632b8933..0f1b2dd467 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,18 @@ Documentation
 [Full documentation](http://scalability-llnl.github.io/spack)
 for Spack is also available.
 
+Contributing to Spack
+------------------------
+
+Spack is an open source project, and we welcome contributions in the
+form of new packages, bugfixes, or even core development.  If you are
+interested in contributing to spack, the first step is to join the
+mailing list.  Click the link below and send the resulting email to
+subscribe:
+
+  * **[Subscribe](mailto:majordomo@lists.llnl.gov?subject=subscribe&body=subscribe%20spack)**
+  * **[Unsubscribe](mailto:majordomo@lists.llnl.gov?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe%20spack)**
+
 Authors
 ----------------
 Spack was written by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov.
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