[BioPython] [Fwd: [blast-announce] [BLAST-Announce #036]: Discontinuation of old BLAST web service.]

[Sebastian Bassi]

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I'd like to know if this change is going to affect the functionality of
any component of biopython.
For the mainteiner of Blast module, please read this:

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From: Mcginnis, Scott (NIH/NLM/NCBI) <mcginnis at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov>
To: 'blast-announce at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov' <blast-announce at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:34:03 -0400

[BLAST-Announce #036]: Discontinuation of old BLAST web service.

NCBI will be discontinuing an older and outdated BLAST web server. It
will be turned off at or about October 24, 2003. This is the old BLAST
web service can be distinguished by the URL which contains
"/cgi-bin/BLAST/nph-blast_report". The removal of old, outdated services
free up resources to allow NCBI to continue providing new features and
optimize BLAST performance.

This change should not effect the BLAST web pages as they were migrated
to the new system a few years ago. However, this change may effect old
third party applications and some custom scripts. Third party
applications should now use the BLAST URL API documentation which is
located here:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/Doc/urlapi.html. Several companies
have already migrated their software to the new BLAST servers.

If you use an older, third party program (e.g. GCG) you should contact
the manufacturer to inquire about updates for these programs. Users of
older forms of these programs will no longer be able to perform BLAST
searches once the old service is removed.

If you have any questions regarding this or other BLAST services, please
contact us at
blast-help at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.



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