[Biopython-dev] Next release (was re: bug 2993)

[Michiel De Hoon]

> Michiel De Hoon wrote:
> > It's probably a good idea to make a new Biopython release in the near
> > future, after fixing this bug [2393, Bio.GenBank.NCBIDictionary fails
> > with release 1.44].
> 
> I would agree another release would be a good idea - but did you mean
> you wanted to "fix" bug 2393 by avoiding Bio.config.DBRegistry, or just
> go with my "one line fix" for now?

The "one line fix" is OK for current users of Biopython 1.44, but since it
generates a DeprecationWarning I think it should not go into the next
release.

> And, do you want to "tidy" up Bio.WWW before or after this new release? 
> I would vote for before - but we can add a warning to the release notes 
> that this is coming.

I'd like to tidy up Bio.WWW before.

> We should also check what state Tiago's Coalescent support through
> Simcoal2 is at: http://bugzilla.open-bio.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2375

I expect that it will take a couple of weeks to tidy up Bio.WWW et al., so
hopefully there will be enough time for Tiago's Coalescent support to be
finished on time for the next release.

--Michiel.




Michiel de Hoon
Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Columbia University
1150 St Nicholas Avenue
New York, NY 10032