BPN: BioPerl Nouveau [Was: Re: [Bioperl-l] distant thoughts from a dinosaur...]

[Hilmar Lapp]

On Tuesday, July 8, 2003, at 07:12  AM, Ewan Birney wrote:

> On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Aaron J Mackey wrote:
>
>>
>> On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Ewan Birney wrote:
>>
>>>> I think the discussion should happen here, but it should have its 
>>>> own
>>>> commit list - we should **NOT** split the discussion of 
>>>> experimental stuff from
>>>                           ^^^^^^^
>>>     **DOH** missing NOT.  Need Coffee.
>>>
>>>> the mainstream - it encourages silly cross-posting and multiple
>>
>> After a few readings, I found the missing NOT.
>>
>> I think the experimental stuff should stay on it's own list, just as 
>> we're
>> keeping it in it's own repository.  Avoids confusion for those who 
>> read
>> bioperl-l as users (and cleanly separates "this is a bioperl-live 
>> problem"
>> posts from the "this is a bioperl-exp issue" messages ...)
>>
>
> Hmmm. I'd vote not for this - by having two discussion groups we tend 
> to
> split the people and as long as the experimental stuff is not too long
> winded, people will cope. Threaded mail/news readers also implicitly 
> help
> this.
>
>
> Other peoples views?
>

I'm ambivalent on this. I agree with the cross-posting madness that may 
easily ensue, but I can also imagine myself as a newbie getting 
confused quickly by a heated thread about bioperl-exp that has zero 
relevance to me.

In light of the - to me undeniable - risk to scare away or completely 
confuse people who are just picking up bioperl, if Aaron wants to 
separate this into its own list I'd lend my vote to Aaron. Even more so 
given that this decision won't be carved in stone.

That is, my view is, power to the leaders of bioperl-exp. I don't mind 
subscribing to 21 mailing lists instead of 20.

	-hilmar
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