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

[Mauricio Herrera Cuadra]

It actually went really smooth this time, apparently due to how SVN 
handles emails for commits :) Take a look to the July 2006 archives to 
get the idea of what I meant by spamming:

http://lists.open-bio.org/pipermail/bioperl-guts-l/2006-July/author.html

I earned an email with my name as the subject line... :P

Mark A. Jensen wrote:
> 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 :
>>>>> ===========================================================
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Bioperl-l mailing list
>>>>> Bioperl-l at lists.open-bio.org
>>>>> http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/bioperl-l
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Bioperl-l mailing list
>>> Bioperl-l at lists.open-bio.org
>>> http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/bioperl-l
>>>
>>
>>
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