<div dir="ltr"><div>Also <a href="https://github.com/biopython/biopython/issues/5109">https://github.com/biopython/biopython/issues/5109</a> which <span class="gmail-kY2IgmnCmOGjharHErah"><span>Michiel</span></span> has been working on.</div><div><br></div><div>Peter</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 2:29 PM Peter Cock <<a href="mailto:p.j.a.cock@googlemail.com">p.j.a.cock@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Biopythoneers,</div><div><br></div><div>I think once the following are resolved (they have pull requests), we should do the next release:</div><div><br></div><div>* NumPy 2.4 compatibility</div><div>   <a href="https://github.com/biopython/biopython/issues/5135" target="_blank">https://github.com/biopython/biopython/issues/5135</a></div><div><br></div><div>* Using pyproject.toml rather than setup.py</div><div>   <a href="https://github.com/biopython/biopython/pull/5142" target="_blank">https://github.com/biopython/biopython/pull/5142</a></div><div><br></div><div>Ideally sooner rather than later as the PDB _ATOM_FORMAT_STRING glitch introduced in Biopython 1.86 seems to be hitting a lot of people:</div><div><a href="https://github.com/biopython/biopython/issues/5097" target="_blank">https://github.com/biopython/biopython/issues/5097</a></div><div><br></div><div>Is there anything else you think is urgent enough to wait on?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Peter</div></div>
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