[Biopython] suggestion: moving to the discussion list to Google groups

[Istvan Albert]

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Chris Fields <cjfields at illinois.edu> wrote:
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> Agreed.  With bioperl we generally indicate it's best to search the archives prior to asking a question, just in case the answer is already known or has been worked out.

My fault for being insufficiently clear. I am not saying that having
archives is useless.

It all needs to be framed in the mindset of an unexpected event
causing an archive to be  lost. Is that irreparable harm? For example
would having a hundred more active participants be worth the small
risk of losing the archives?

I am just putting the 100 as a number out there, just to get you to
think. I think you all agree that at some level of extra participation
the risks would be well worth it.

Now I am convinced that a Google group would get more participation.
But is that 10 more people, one hundred, one thousand? That I do not
dare to guesstimate.

(definitely more than 10, ;-) )

Istvan


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