[Bioperl-l] Bio::Graphics

[Heikki Lehvaslaiho]

Lincoln Stein wrote:
> 
> Anyone mind if I add Bio::Graphics (about 6000 lines of code) to the main
> Bioperl branch?  It's a library that renders Bio::SeqI-compliant objects onto
> a canvas to create static PNG or JPEG images.


Following the policy of keeping dependiencies to minimum, shouldn't it go
into bioperl-gui?

It this still a good idea? I am beginning to have doubts. Last summer we
thought basic perl only modules are in bioperl-live. Modules with extra
dependencies should go into reparate repositories. So far we have e.g.

bioperl-db	for RDM dependencies (mySQL, Postgres)
bioperl-gui	for TK GUI modules, cared for by Mark Wilkinson
bioperl-ext	for C extensions


I'd hate to see this devision to hinder the addition of the new code when it
was meant to make installation easier.


	-Heikki

> It was part of the generic genome browser, but since it's library code, it
> probably belongs in BioPerl rather than at the application level.
> 
> Lincoln
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