[Biopython] Biopython 1.73 release plans

[Peter Cock]

Hello all,

I'm going to start the release process now, fingers crossed
this goes smoothly.

Peter

On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 2:29 PM Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Biopythoneers,
>
> Typo in title fixed: It is time for Biopython 1.73
>
> I have merged the Sphinx API branch, and we've
> fixed a regression on Python 3.7 (currently only
> tested on AppVeyor, but there has been recent
> progress from TravisCI about offering this), and
> filled out the NEWS.rst file a bit.
>
> I have logged a couple of online-only test issues with
> Entrez which we would ideally fix first:
>
> https://github.com/biopython/biopython/issues/1848
> https://github.com/biopython/biopython/issues/1849
>
> Once again, are there any other outstanding issues
> or pull requests worth waiting for?
>
> If not I hope to do the release as soon as I can
> find a clear (or nearly clear) day to do so. (It does
> not usually take that long, but there can still be
> surprises)
>
> Thanks all,
>
> Peter
>
> On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 9:31 AM Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Biopythoneers,
> >
> > I think it is time to roll out our next release, Biopython 1.73.
> > Are there any outstanding issues or pull requests worth
> > waiting for?
> >
> > Personally, I would like to merge my Sphinx API work,
> > https://github.com/biopython/biopython/pull/1803 - and
> > then as part of doing the release, make this version of
> > the documentation available along side our traditional
> > epydoc based API documentation. See also:
> >
> > http://mailman.open-bio.org/pipermail/biopython/2018-October/016549.html
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Peter