[Bioperl-l] directing questions to the list via the module template

Mauricio Herrera Cuadra mauricio at open-bio.org
Fri Feb 20 15:27:43 UTC 2009


It'll be fun to see if someone in the bioperl-guts@ list calls you 
'spammer' after the massive commit. I got that once :P

Mark A. Jensen wrote:
> Ok- Here's the text I'll add to relevant modules:
> 
> <<<<<
> # Please direct questions and support issues to <bioperl-l at bioperl.org>
> #
> =====
> # Cared for by...
> 
> and a new =head2 under FEEDBACK:
> 
> <<<<<
> =head2 Support
> 
> Please direct usage questions or support issues to the mailing list:\
> 
> L<bioperl-l at bioperl.org>
> 
> rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and
> reponsive experts will be able look at the problem and quickly
> address it. Please include a thorough description of the problem
> with code and data examples if at all possible.
> =====
> 
> this between "Mailing Lists" and "Reporting Bugs".
> 
> I will also update the templates in bioperl.lisp, if that's cool with 
> Heikki-
> 
> cheers,
> MAJ
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Fields" <cjfields at illinois.edu>
> To: "Hilmar Lapp" <hlapp at gmx.net>
> Cc: "Mark A. Jensen" <maj at fortinbras.us>; "bioperl list" 
> <Bioperl-l at lists.open-bio.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 12:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [Bioperl-l] directing questions to the list via the module 
> template
> 
> 
>> Same here.  Shouldn't be too hard to do.
>>
>> -chris
>>
>> On Feb 19, 2009, at 9:45 PM, Hilmar Lapp wrote:
>>
>>> Sounds certainly good to me. -hilmar
>>>
>>> On Feb 19, 2009, at 10:34 PM, Mark A. Jensen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Core -
>>>> It seems like the off-list questions come (not unreasonably) from  
>>>> the the line
>>>>
>>>> # Cared for by P. Hacker <ph at bugfree.com>
>>>>
>>>> which is right at the top of most modules. In the FEEDBACK pod  
>>>> section,
>>>> bioperl-l is mentioned in the context of "comments", "suggestions",  
>>>> and
>>>> "General discussion", but the issue of support isn't explicitly  
>>>> mentioned.
>>>>
>>>> Should the template look more like
>>>>
>>>> # Please direct questions and support issues to 
>>>> bioperl-l at lists.open-bio.org
>>>> # Maintained by P. Hacker ph at bugfree.com
>>>>
>>>> with the support issue reiterated in the FEEDBACK section?
>>>>
>>>> I would be willing to work on an update of the trunk if the idea
>>>> sounds good to all.
>>>> MAJ
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Bioperl-l mailing list
>>>> Bioperl-l at lists.open-bio.org
>>>> http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/bioperl-l
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> ===========================================================
>>> : Hilmar Lapp  -:-  Durham, NC  -:-  hlapp at gmx dot net :
>>> ===========================================================
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Bioperl-l mailing list
>>> Bioperl-l at lists.open-bio.org
>>> http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/bioperl-l
>>
>>
>>
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