[Bioperl-l] removing BioPerl 1.x from CPAN ?

[Chris Fields]

Do you need updates to bioperl, or to bioperl-run?  The reason I ask is one of the things I really want to push towards is using Dist::Zilla for us developers who want an easier way to make releases, with a default Build.PL so one doesn't have to install Dist::Zilla to use the latest code.  bioperl-run might be a good place to test this out.

chris

On Jan 21, 2011, at 9:41 AM, Ben Bimber wrote:

> I also have no problem removing the old version.  All the different
> BioPerl variants made it difficult to install the right version back
> when I first did it.
> 
> I'd love even more if the version on CPAN was updated though.  I'd
> been using a copy from GIT for a while b/c I need changes made to the
> bioperl-run wrapper code.
> 
> -Ben
> 
> 
>>> Message: 2
>>> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:11:01 +0100
>>> From: Dave Messina <David.Messina at sbc.su.se>
>>> Subject: [Bioperl-l] removing BioPerl 1.x from CPAN ? request for
>>>       comment
>>> To: Dave Messina <David.Messina at sbc.su.se>
>>> Message-ID: <F4E417F1-6D80-4C70-ADEE-B25AB291E730 at sbc.su.se>
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>>> Hi everybody,
>>> 
>>> As some of you have no doubt noticed, we have a persistent problem with users accidentally using BioPerl versions 1.4 and earlier. Although they've been placed on BackPAN, CPAN's archive for deprecated software, for some reason they still show up in CPAN search results.
>>> 
>>> It's frustrating for users to be directed to the wrong version of the software, adding another gotcha to an already too-complicated installation process. And to this day it generates support emails on this list.
>>> 
>>> As far as I know, the Ensembl Perl API still designates version 1.2.3 of BioPerl for use with it:
>>> 
>>>       http://www.ensembl.org/info/docs/api/api_installation.html
>>> 
>>> (although in Chris Fields' testing, the Ensembl API worked just fine with the current BioPerl version, 1.6.x.)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I intend to ask the CPAN admins to remove BioPerl 1.4 and earlier entirely. But before I do, I wanted to raise the issue here in case anyone objects. In particular, it'd be great if someone from Ensembl could weigh in on this. I should also point out that we have these earlier releases archived on github already, so they will still be available.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Dave
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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