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OBF Mailing Lists #42
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(@hlapp : this is per the OBF Board Meeting; is there any other more general repo this can go to?)
As @peterjc has noted on the main OBF blog, the OBF hosted mail lists (including the various EMBOSS list and other general member lists) have had serious issues over the last several months due to heavy spam traffic on the OBF mailman server. We are soliciting community feedback from both EMBOSS and general OBF developers and users for the next steps forward on resolving this issue (see below). Please post suggestions or concerns here.
We (OBF) are migrating to a hosted solution that should provide more stability, with the downside that many lists will be shut down and archived due to hosting costs. The blog post details some suggestions.
Again, please note your concerns as soon as possible. We would like feedback by Dec. 28 so that we can decide on the next steps.
Thanks all!
Update: Links to the relevant project-specific issues (including feedback):
BioPerl: bioperl/bioperl-live#258
Biopython: biopython/biopython#1481
Bioruby: bioruby/bioruby#118
BioJava: biojava/biojava#717
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nlharris commentedon Dec 19, 2017
I don't see a way to add line-by-line comments, so I'll just mention that I would change the word "closed" in "lists will be closed and archived" to "shut down" (because "closed" could be interpreted to mean "not open to the public).
Other than that, it looks good.
cjfields commentedon Dec 19, 2017
Thanks @nlharris ! Also, this has been posted to Biostar. I can tweet that link as well.
peterjc commentedon Jan 17, 2018
Merging EMBOSS & -dev mailing list; retiring -announce, -bug, -submit lists?
http://mailman.open-bio.org/pipermail/emboss/2018-January/009038.html
http://mailman.open-bio.org/pipermail/emboss-dev/2018-January/001500.html
peterjc commentedon Jan 18, 2018
Merging
biojava-devintobiojava-lis done, see biojava/biojava#717peterjc commentedon Jan 22, 2018
Merging
emboss-devintoembossis done, see http://mailman.open-bio.org/pipermail/emboss-dev/2018-January/001503.htmlnlharris commentedon Dec 13, 2022
Are there still tasks to do here, or can this be closed?
peterjc commentedon Dec 13, 2022
There are still EMBOSS ones to do, there was no objection.
nlharris commentedon Dec 13, 2022
Does anyone even use any of the EMBOSS lists anymore?
Lists to migrate (please edit as appropriate):
hlapp commentedon Dec 14, 2022
Are the checkmarks supposed to indicate completion of migration? (None of these have been migrated)
nlharris commentedon Dec 14, 2022
Oh. I optimistically interpreted Peter's comment, "There are still EMBOSS ones to do," as meaning that the rest were done. I will uncheck them.
peterjc commentedon Dec 14, 2022
I thought this was for tracking consolidation within mailman, not migration which is the next step.