[Bioperl-l] AnnotationCollectionI and SeqFeatureI changes

[Nathan Haigh]

Forgive me if I'm being a bit dense! But, if XML::Parser is included in the ActiveState Perl distribution, doesn't this mean that
expat (or similar) is also installed?

Nathan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Osborne [mailto:brian_osborne at cognia.com]
> Sent: 01 December 2004 12:58
> To: nathanhaigh at ukonline.co.uk; 'Hilmar Lapp'
> Cc: 'Bioperl'
> Subject: RE: [Bioperl-l] AnnotationCollectionI and SeqFeatureI changes
> 
> Nathan,
> 
> t/Biblio.t is one.
> 
> It tests Bio/Biblio/IO/medlinexml.pm, which uses XML::Parser, which uses
> expat.
> 
> Brian O.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bioperl-l-bounces at portal.open-bio.org
> [mailto:bioperl-l-bounces at portal.open-bio.org]On Behalf Of Nathan Haigh
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 7:21 AM
> To: 'Hilmar Lapp'
> Cc: 'Bioperl'
> Subject: RE: [Bioperl-l] AnnotationCollectionI and SeqFeatureI changes
> 
> 
> Which BioPerl test(s) should determine if expat is working correctly?
> 
> Nathan
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bioperl-l-bounces at portal.open-bio.org
> [mailto:bioperl-l-bounces at portal.open-bio.org] On Behalf Of Hilmar Lapp
> > Sent: 01 December 2004 06:24
> > To: Aaron J. Mackey
> > Cc: Allen Day; Bioperl
> > Subject: Re: [Bioperl-l] AnnotationCollectionI and SeqFeatureI changes
> >
> > Sounds very reasonable Aaron, and thanks for your gentle herding
> > efforts. :-)
> >
> > For the bioperl developers, this will also mean that for the lifetime
> > of the 1.5 branch, efforts should be made to merge fixes applied to the
> > HEAD to the branch right afterwards.
> >
> > 	-hilmar
> >
> > On Monday, November 29, 2004, at 06:07  AM, Aaron J. Mackey wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Yep, OK, I hear you.  I really thought all this was going to be
> > > contained to Bio::SeqFeature::Annotated, but I see now that with all
> > > sorts of implementation happening in the interfaces (ugh!), this can't
> > > happen.  Woe is me.
> > >
> > > Here's what I'm willing to do to keep Allen from pulling his hair out:
> > > there have been very few changes on the development trunk since RC1
> > > that aren't Annotated.pm-related; therefore, (if this makes sense to
> > > everyone) I will branch 1.5.0 off of RC1 and merge only those patches
> > > that are Annotated.pm-*unrelated* to the 1.5.0 branch.  I will then
> > > tag the branch at RC2 (and similarly tag the HEAD, so that any later
> > > merging can be done relative to those tags).  Make sense?
> > >
> > > Then, the rest of you (Allen, Hilmar, Steffen, etc) need to figure out
> > > the cleanest path for 1.6.0, in which all things may change (with an
> > > eye towards at least some backwards compatibility); my vote would be
> > > that there remain some separation between "heavy" and "light" feature
> > > types.  I don't expect/need my Bio::SeqFeature::Simple to implement
> > > AnnotationCollection!
> > >
> > > Thanks again to everyone; let me know if the CVS plan above sounds
> > > reasonable ...
> > >
> > > -Aaron
> > >
> > > On Nov 28, 2004, at 10:08 PM, Hilmar Lapp wrote:
> > >
> > >> I'm not saying this change of direction may be a show-stopper for any
> > >> dependent package like bioperl-db. All I'm suggesting is let's be
> > >> clear that this *is* a change of direction for a core interface, and
> > >> let's give it some time to phase it in and to iron out wrinkles, both
> > >> on the end of bioperl itself as well as the end of people who write
> > >> software against bioperl. Let's give it some time to see how it
> > >> works, and how it works under stress, before letting it lose on the
> > >> general public who just wanted to get some bugfixes on the 1.4.0
> > >> release or some additional parsers.
> > >
> > > --
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