[Biopython] Deprecating old Bio.GFF module in preparation for new code?

[Peter]

Dear all,

Is anyone using the "old" Bio.GFF module in Biopython?

This was written by Michael Hoffman back 2002, and allowed
access to a General Feature Format (GFF) MySQL database
created with BioPerl's Bio::DB:GFF.  It may need updating to
work with the latest BioPerl, or GFF3 files (I don't know). This
old code did not include any GFF parser of its own.

As those on the dev mailing list will know, Brad Chapman
has been working on a GFF parser (covering GFF3, and
the older GFF2 and GTF files). The obvious place to put
this is under Bio.GFF.

I would therefore like to propose deprecating the current
Bio.GFF code in the next release of Biopython (hopefully
this month), which will allow us to replace it with Brad's
new parser in the subsequent release.

If anyone is using the old module, please let us know now.

Thank you,

Peter