[BioPython] what should I do next?

[Cayte]

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From: Brad Chapman <chapmanb@arches.uga.edu>
> >  That is, what should I work on next?  I have framework for all
> > sorts of sequence analysis tools, there's some existing parsing
> > code of Jeff's,
>
> I personally would like to see all of the biopython code integrated so
> that Jeff's parsers tie in with your sequence classes. I don't know
> how you and Jeff feel about this though?
>
> > there's the corba interface.
>
> Right now I'm integrating the existing corba server with your sequence
> code so that it actually does something :) To support this idl, it
> would be nice to see more support for parsing different file types
> (besides just Fasta files) and to add code to work with sequence
> features (so we can support the sequence feature and sequence feature
> iterator interfaces). In addition, there is also the interface for
> database searching... So I guess if nothing else, I would be
> interested in seeing more support for the corba interface and for
> building this up. This would hopefully also provide us with some
> testing of the code from the bioperl and biojava folks. Just my
> thoughts on stuff.
>
   If you tell me where your files are, I can write test cases.   From what
I've seen of open source efforts, nobody "drives" them.  People contribute
in a bursty way, when they have the time and motivation.


                                                     Cayte