[Bioperl-l] [Announcement] Next BioPerl release

[Lincoln Stein]

I can re-release GBrowse to use whatever bioperl numbering system is needed.
Sorry if I did not understand the branch structure! This will be very easy
for me.

Lincoln

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Chris Fields <cjfields at illinois.edu>wrote:

> All,
>
> Lincoln needs a new BioPerl release to CPAN ASAP to coordinate with the
> latest GBrowse2 release.  The latest GBrowse2 requires v BioPerl 1.0069,
> which is what we're using on the master branch to distinguish from the 1.6
> branch version (the master branch version meant to designate 'just prior to
> 1.7').  However, we were planning on designating the next release as 1.6.2
> (or, 1.006002), which will not match with GBrowse's requirements.
>
> Instead of asking Lincoln to change GBrowse to reflect that, and b/c this
> release may be the last one for the 1.6.x series prior to some major work on
> core this summer, I suggest we go ahead and release the next version as soon
> as possible and keep the version as 1.0069.  There is very little difference
> between what is in the 1.6.2 branch and master anyway, and (if things go
> well) we're planning on a major restructuring of BioPerl over the summer
> that could effectively be the next major version of BioPerl.
>
> A few things:
>
> 1) I am requesting that any work beyond simple doc fixes or small code
> changes be carried out on a branch of master.  Most of the tests are now
> passing; please don't break them with a last-minute rush to get code in.  I
> reserve the right to revert changes if necessary.
>
> 2) I will create a new branch, just prior to the release (1.6.9).  The old
> branch that was previously meant to be 1.6.2 will be removed; it was
> essentially a very recent branch of master anyway, just with a different
> version.
>
> 3) The only significant blocker to the release at the moment is being
> worked out on a branch (https://redmine.open-bio.org/issues/3196).  This
> should be fixed very soon.
>
> 4) If needed the 1.6.9 branch can be used for any future bug fixes; I
> anticipate this may happen if we need to get a new release out that GBrowse
> requires.  The version will be bumped to 1.006901, 1.006902, etc.
> accordingly.
>
> Any questions/feedback on the above?  I will be on #bioperl on IRC
> (freenode) as well as here.
>
> chris




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Lincoln D. Stein
Director, Informatics and Biocomputing Platform
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
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