[Babase] Re: Enhancements to Ranker

kfenn kfenn at princeton.edu
Tue Dec 4 09:33:17 EST 2007


Just posting this exchange to the listserv so it can be archived.

Tabby

Susan Alberts wrote:
> I think it might be good if I was involved. Tues after 2:15, Weds 2:15 
> - 4, Thursday almost any time (after 11, before 5 preferred).
>
> Seems to me this should be on the babase mailing list but I have not 
> switched it over to the because I am not sure Michael is on that list. 
> If he is, probably we just want to post everything to that mailing 
> list and work from there? That way it will all be archived.
> Thanks,
> Susan
>
>
> On 3 Dec 2007, at 9:40, Lacey Maryott wrote:
>
>> I think it would be useful for at least myself to be in on the call, 
>> but as susan makes most of the actual rank decisions, she may also 
>> want to join. I'll let her chime in on that, But I know I would like 
>> to be in on that if possible. I'm just working on pulling some data 
>> out of the database this week for the grant, so there is really no 
>> good or bad time for me.
>>
>> Lacey
>>
>> kfenn wrote:
>>> Hi Michael,
>>>
>>> A phone call is probably the easiest way to step through the wish 
>>> list  because I'm sure you have questions that I haven't even though 
>>> of.   Most of the items are program functions that were available in 
>>> the original Ranker program.  I would like to see these available in 
>>> the new Ranker program also.  I assume the source code you accessed 
>>> is the new Ranker code because it is on papio...?  Looking at the 
>>> original Ranker program code might explain a good portion of the 
>>> wish list.  (I can probably find this for you with Karl's help).  
>>> However, there are a few truly new wishes on that list that would 
>>> need more explanation.
>>>
>>> You can reach me all week at 609 258-6898 or I can call you if you 
>>> give me a time and phone number.  I don't know if Susan and Lacey 
>>> want to be involved in a call too....?  I have a meeting with a 
>>> Laurence this morning and a student this afternoon but Tuesday and 
>>> Wednesday I don't have as much going on.
>>>
>>> Tabby
>>>
>>> Jeanne Altmann wrote:
>>>> Hi Michael,
>>>> Add Tabby (Kfenn at princeton.edu) and Susan to the folks you send the
>>>> messages to.  Tabby's does the female ranks with me and put together
>>>> much of the wish list. She's Lacey's counterpart at Princeton, and
>>>> because the old ranker was not functional at Duke for some reasons,
>>>> Tabby has been the main ranker user in the past year or so and her
>>>> predecessor, Catherine, at Princeton for the previous couple of years.
>>>> Glad you got access.
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Michael Altmann [mailto:maltmann at visi.com] Sent: Sunday, 
>>>> December 02, 2007 9:03 PM
>>>> To: 'Jun Yang'; Karl O. Pinc; 'Jeanne Altmann'; 'Lacey Maryott'
>>>> Subject: Enhancements to Ranker
>>>>
>>>> I finally got access to papio this weekend and so I've had a chance to
>>>> download and look at the source code.  I have seen the list desired
>>>> enhancements at
>>>> https://papio.biology.duke.edu/babasewiki/ToDo but some of these are
>>>> kind of
>>>> vague. Are there any details on what these items entail, or should I
>>>> consider gathering those details as part of the work effort that I
>>>> should be
>>>> estimating?
>>>>
>>>> Should I be sending email to all four of you on this kind of question?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Michael
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Lacey Maryott
>> Alberts Lab
>> Department of Biology
>> Duke University
>> ph: 919-660-7306
>> fax: 919-660-7293
>> Lacey.Maryott at duke.edu
>

-- 
Tabby Fenn
Research Assistant

Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
401 Guyot Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ  08544

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