[Biopython] suggestion: moving to the discussion list to Google groups
Chris Fields
cjfields at illinois.edu
Wed Dec 16 13:28:37 EST 2009
On Dec 16, 2009, at 12:23 PM, Hilmar Lapp wrote:
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> On Dec 16, 2009, at 1:13 PM, Istvan Albert wrote:
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>> what percent of the past decade's archive's content do you think is still actually useful?
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> Actually I find it very useful. We frequently cite past posts as references for explanations, or problems previously reported. It's one of the main differences between an archived mailing list and a simple alias for a group of people.
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> -hilmar
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.
chris
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