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

[Mark A. Jensen]

I just signed on to bioperl-guts, then did commits to the auxiliary 
distributions. I now see exactly
the motivation behind the accusation 'spammer'...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mauricio Herrera Cuadra" <mauricio at open-bio.org>
To: "Mark A. Jensen" <maj at fortinbras.us>
Cc: "Chris Fields" <cjfields at illinois.edu>; "Hilmar Lapp" <hlapp at gmx.net>; 
"bioperl list" <Bioperl-l at lists.open-bio.org>
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Bioperl-l] directing questions to the list via the module template


> 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 :
>>>> ===========================================================
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
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