[Biojava-l] Weblog / Apps repository

[David Huen]

Two distinct issues really...

Weblog
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There have been several requests for something like a weblog for
biojava over the last few months.  Before I actually put some effort into
locating a suitable weblog package and lining up a host to run it on,
could someone tell me what we could gain from it that the current
newsgroup set up does not already provide?  As is evident, there's a
sysadmin/security overhead for any additional facility and I wouldn't want
to add to it without a clear overwhelming advantage for us to do so.

Repository for Apps
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Anyone has ideas as to whether we ought to provide a repository for apps
that are built upon BioJava, might be of use to others but the inclusion
of which within the standard source tree will make it even larger than it
is now?  One way is to put them in as modules in CVS but that could lead
to a proliferation of modules of unknown content. OTOH, hosting at
Sourceforge could also be overkill for a smallish app.

Regards,
David Huen