[Biopython] Removing deprecated BLAST HTML parser
    Peter 
    biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk
       
    Tue Sep  1 17:05:27 UTC 2009
    
    
  
Hi all,
The old HTML BLAST parser in Bio.Blast.NCBIWWW was deprecated
a year ago in Biopython 1.48, and in line with our deprecation policy I
would like to remove this for the next release.
Are there any objections?
The preferred BLAST output for parsing (as recommended by the NCBI
themselves) is XML. We also have a parser for the plain text output, but
this is not updated very frequently and the NCBI have a history of
making minor changes to the layout and breaking parsers.
Peter
    
    
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