[BioRuby] What is the bar for releasing biogems?

[Ben Woodcroft]

Hi there,

I was hoping for some advice from the list about policy on releasing
biogems. I have a few (2 or 3) biogems on my computer which:
* Solve a discrete problem (in my case, wrapping around an underlying
bioiformatic program and parsing the result)
* At least a little bit unit tested
* Are bioinformatics-related

However, they are also:
* Not fantastic leaps forward - they don't solve big problems
* Probably limited to a small audience, since the programs themselves would
be of little use outside the (not large) field (bioinformatics of protein
sub-cellular localisation in apicomplexan parasites).

I find having a biogem is a convenient mechanism. But I don't want to
release code that is of no use to anyone else (or any more of it..),
particularly as I cannot know whether I'll continue to use the code once my
PhD is done. Should I release the gems?

Thanks,
ben


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Ben J Woodcroft, BE (Hons)

PhD Candidate
Ralph Laboratory
The University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia

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