[Biopython-dev] Biopython 1.62 release in progress

Wibowo Arindrarto w.arindrarto at gmail.com
Wed Aug 28 22:17:44 UTC 2013


Hi Peter,

> Thanks Bow - I don't think the WordPress blog understands
> markdown style markup, but bonus marks anyway :)

Ah yes, I was planning to convert it later to HTML (I find writing
markdown first easier ~ and also more mailing-list friendly).

> I'm about to update the tar-ball and zip file to include the
> NEWS file updated with the two names Bow spotted as
> missing - hopefully there are no more and this commit
> will get the release tag:
>
> https://github.com/biopython/biopython/commit/73f8483f23910c8205cd9a4ff1283f2747d4f4ff
>
> (The Windows installers I prepared earlier should not be
> affected as they don't include the NEWS file)
>
>> # Python support
>>
>> This is our first official release that supports Python 3.
>> Specifically, we tested under Python 3.3. Other versions
>> of Python 3 may still work albeit with some issues.
>
> I'd be a bit more explicit:
>
> Specifically, this is supported under Python 3.3. Older
> versions of Python 3 may still work albeit with some
> issues, but are *not* supported.
>
>> Please note that this release marks our last official support Python
>> 2.5. Beginning from Biopython 1.63, the minimum supported Python
>> version will be 2.6.
>
> Minor typo, needs a for/of, e.g.
>
> Please note that this release marks our last official support for
> Python 2.5
>
> Thanks Bow,
>
> Peter

Fixes applied, thanks too :).

Best,
Bow



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