[GSoC] Bio JavaScript/Node.js idea (bionode)

[Hilmar Lapp]

Well said, Chris.  -hilmar


On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Fields, Christopher J <
cjfields at illinois.edu> wrote:

> Pjotr, Peter,
>
> In the end I think this has to be a decision that Eric and Raoul make, as
> they are running the show.  We wouldn't have any GSoC 2014 w/o their hard
> work.  My feeling is, in the end, openly discussing these will suss out the
> ones that seem to fit best overall.
>
> My 2c, if it's worth anything: I tend to agree with Pjotr, in that we
> should not limit ourselves to the various Bio*.  If anything, what I
> personally would like to see at the end of the day is a very good set of
> projects overall that we can pick from.
>
> However, I also think a balance needs to be struck, and that whatever we
> accept has to (in the end) benefit OBF.  That, to me, is the purpose of
> GSoC.  If it means we can get a new Bio* started up or we can (even
> tangentially) add functionality to one of the Bio* projects, all the
> better.  But I do think this has to feed back to OBF somehow.
>
> The reality is, we simply can't take every project from other related but
> non-accepted orgs.  In some instances, other accepted orgs might simply be
> a better fit, such as BioJS.  It doesn't mean we won't accept
> Javascript-based projects, but all alternatives need to be explored
> (particularly when there are a finite # of slots for a lot of projects).
>
> chris
>
>
> On Mar 3, 2014, at 5:56 AM, Pjotr Prins <pjotr2014 at thebird.nl> wrote:
>
> > BioJS is browser oriented. It may or may not fit there. See also
> > earlier E-mails on this ML by Chris and myself (Feb 27th).
> >
> > Even so, can we please be open to new project ideas and get rid of the
> > discriminatory programming language notion?  The bioinformatics
> > community is growing rapidly. Way faster than before. We should cater
> > for community needs as is represented by project ideas coming out of
> > the community.
> >
> > I think, as long as the project is about bioinformatics and FOSS, it
> > will fit GSoC/OBF.  We should only filter on the quality of students
> > and mentors.
> >
> > Note also that Yannick is a respected member of BioRuby.
> >
> > Pj.
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 03, 2014 at 11:39:04AM +0000, Peter Cock wrote:
> >> Devil's advocate: Would this not be a better match to BioJavaScript
> >> which was accepted as a GSoC organisation in its own right? What
> >> do they think?
> >>
> >> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2014/biojs
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Peter
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