[Bioperl-l] Bio::Graphics

[Lincoln Stein]

Actually Bio::Graphics does introduce a dependency on the GD module, which is 
usually found on Linux distributions, but not universal.  I hadn't thought of 
that.

I could add Bio::Graphics to the existing bioperl-gui package, but I'm not so 
keen to do that since it is hidden on the FTP site.  From the bioperl.org 
main page takes two clicks and a cut-and-paste to get to the bioperl-gui 
distribution.  Yargs.

Lincoln

On Monday 04 February 2002 11:49, Heikki Lehvaslaiho wrote:
> 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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Lincoln D. Stein                           Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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