[Bioperl-l] Re: Developers: what do you want to fix before 1.4 release?

[Heikki Lehvaslaiho]

Todd,

That's good news. I was afraid that there are still big chunks of code 
unwritten.

So what you are saying is that SVG in Bio::Graphics is ready for other people 
to start testing and using it in their code. Go for it! Bug reports to Todd.

	-Heikki  

On Monday 24 Nov 2003 TT:47, Todd Harris wrote:
> Hi Heikki -
>
> Re: SVG support for Bio::Graphics
>
> This is now essentially done.  I've released the GD::SVG module to CPAN and
> implemented support for most features of GD that Bio::Graphics employs. I
> would very much like to see this a part of 1.4.
>
> You can check out the output from the examples/biographics in SVG at
> http://toddot.net/projects/GD-SVG/index.shtml#examples
>
> What remains:
>    - detailed survey of glyphs to ensure that they render in png and svg
>      identically.
>    - more extensive testing
>    - more supported features in GD::SVG (not required for bp 1.4 release).
>    - adding in SVG information to full documentation
>
> It should be no problem to finish the testing within a week (or two, given
> thanksgiving gorging and recovery this week for some of us).
>
> todd
>
> > With developer snapshot 1.3.03 out last Friday, I'd like to hear from
> > bioperl developers what they'd like to accomplish before 1.4 comes out.
> >
> > At this stage, I'd rather not see major new features added; there will
> > not be time to test them properly.
> >
> > I'd especially like to hear from
> > * Lincoln Stein / Todd Harris about the SVG timetable
> > * Stefan Kirov about Bio::Matrix::PSM modules
> > * anyone else about their pet modules and bugs
> >
> > I'll give you three choices:
> > 1. You've got a fix/enhancement under way and you can give me timetable
> > for it to be in.
> > 2. There is a bug that need to be fixed before the release but you do not
> > know how to do it.  Let's discuss that now!
> > 3. Your modules are not ready for release and you do not have time to
> > work on your code. That means that they will need to be excluded from the
> > release.
> >
> > I am pretty happy with the current status of bioperl CVS tree. Tests
> > pass, but there still are bugs in bugzilla. I urge anyone and everyone to
> > have a look at the bugzilla and see what they think of the bugs still
> > there.
> >
> > Realistically, we have couple of weeks time to get the fixes in. Then a
> > week to wait to make sure everyone has time to make sure that everything
> > works.
> >
> > -Heikki "Let's push 1.4 out"
>
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