[Biopython] Biopython project under OBF for GSoC 2018

[Peter Cock]

Hi Sourav,

It is great that you are keen and looking at project ideas,
and since I don't think anyone has volunteered to mentor
already, it makes sense to ask like this here on the list.

I don't think that a summer doing maintenance / clean up work
like improving our test coverage or converting things like old
self-tests or print-and-compare test into proper tests using
the Python unittests framework would be regarded as a
GSoC suitable topic (despite this being useful practical work).

https://github.com/biopython/biopython/issues/820
https://github.com/biopython/biopython/issues/1288

The GEO parsers are more interesting, although last time
I looked very much microarray focused - and that is rapidly
becoming a niche technology as unless getting enough RNA
is very hard, RNA Seq is probably a better choice.

Peter

On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 5:05 PM, Sourav Singh <ssouravsingh12 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am writing the mail to ask if there are any mentors who would be willing
> to mentor a student for a project under Biopython for GSoC 2018.
>
> I would be willing to work on any of the existing ideas like revamping the
> GEO SOFT parser and fixing issues like porting of self-tests.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sourav
>
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