[Bioperl-l] Packaging bioperl for Fedora

[Chris Fields]

On Apr 17, 2007, at 10:13 AM, Alex Lancaster wrote:

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> [...]
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> CF> Do you mean the bioperl core modules instead of "bioperl-live"?
> CF> We use the term "bioperl-live" to designate code updated regularly
> CF> via CVS, which can be buggy depending on when it's retrieved.
>
> Yes, I am referring to the core package.  Called perl-bioperl in the
> Fedora naming scheme.
>
> CF> I'm not sure how others feel about this, but it's probably best to
> CF> stick with either the latest official releases (v 1.5.2 at this
> CF> time) or even GBrowse-sponsored interim releases (which fix
> CF> GBrowse-related bugs and normally pass tests).
>
> Yes I am sticking to the latest official release 1.5.2_102.  The
> package is here:
>
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/ 
> development/i386/repoview/perl-bioperl.html
>
> and installable via yum (on the development branch) using:
>
> $ yum install perl-bioperl
>
> The FC-6 package will be available soon.
>
> Alex

Sounds good.  Thanks Alex!

chris