[Bioperl-l] where to document dependency? AND new SeqIO formats: Bio::SeqIO::strider and Bio::SeqIO::lasergene

[Chris Fields]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cook, Malcolm [mailto:MEC at stowers-institute.org]
> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 4:38 PM
> To: Chris Fields; Brian Osborne; bioperl-l at lists.open-bio.org
> Subject: RE: [Bioperl-l] where to document dependency? AND new SeqIO
> formats: Bio::SeqIO::strider and Bio::SeqIO::lasergene
> 
> Getting closer...
> 
> So, I added it to the ./Makefile.PL and ./INSTALL with the cvs comment
> 'added dependency on Convert::Binary::C needed by Bio::SeqIO::strider'
> 
> But, re the wiki, it looks to me like the contents of the wiki page are
> (nearly) identical to the ./INSTALL.  Is one autogenerated from the
> other, or do the both get editted?

No, at least not at the moment.  I suppose we could get it into POD and use
pod2wiki.

> Also, the only place I can think to add the dependency in the wiki
> content is to the list of modules installed by Bundle::CPAN.  Am I
> missing something, or should I be considering adding Convert::Binary::C
> to Bundle::CPAN as well?

That's the place, though I think you mean Bundle::Bioperl.  

I'm not sure what you should do about including it with Bundle::Bioperl.
Looks like Chris Dagdigian is the maintainer for that; his email listed on
CPAN is dag at sonsorol.org, though I wouldn't be surprised if it's out of
date.

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Malcolm
> 



Christopher Fields
Postdoctoral Researcher - Switzer Lab
Dept. of Biochemistry
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign