[Biopython] Git freeze in preparation for Biopython 1.88

[Peter Cock]

Mostly there, the release is on PyPI already with wheels, but two wrinkles.

Docs - the GitHub action is breaking before deploying the docs,
something changed in the pip ecosystem - see
https://github.com/biopython/biopython/pull/5281 - this is delaying
the post-release version bump as the automated docs deployment is
hooked to the version number.

DIST - we used to archive our source releases on an FTP server, a role
largely replaced with PyPI for many years. That folder continues but
via GitHub Pages from https://github.com/biopython/DIST instead. That
folder/repository has grown with each release and seems now to have
hit a GitHub Pages deployment limit.

I think it is worth trying to build wheels using the Python 3.15
release candidate too...

Peter

On Thu, Aug 6, 2026 at 1:07 PM Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> It has been four months since Biopython 1.87 so time wise not unusual
> for our next release, which I am starting now.
>
> Fellow maintainers please treat the default branch as frozen until
> further notice - this should be finished today.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Peter