[BioRuby] BioRuby 1.5.0 released

[Naohisa Goto]

Hi, all,

We are pleased to announce the release of BioRuby 1.5.0.
This new release includes support of recent Ruby versions
(Ruby 2.1 and 2.2),  improvement of codes, and bug fixes.

Tar.gz file: http://bioruby.org/archive/bioruby-1.5.0.tar.gz
Gem file:  http://bioruby.org/archive/gems/bio-1.5.0.gem

We also put RubyGems pacakge at RubyGems.org.
https://rubygems.org/gems/bio

You can easily install by using RubyGems. First, check the
version number by using search command:
 % gem search --remote bio
and find “bio (1.5.0)” in the list. Then,
 % sudo gem install bio

Here is a brief summary of changes.

* Ruby 2.0.0, 2.1, 2.2 support.
* Some features are removed because of remote service discontinuance
   or difficulty of code maintenance.
* Refactoring of code.
* Bio::SPTR is renamed as Bio::UniProtKB.
* Bug fixes.

In addition, many changes have been made, including incompatible
changes. For more information, see RELEASE_NOTES.rdoc and
ChangeLog.

Acknowledgments: Thanks to all persons reporting issues and/or
submitting patches.

Hope you enjoy.

-- 
Naohisa Goto
ng at bioruby.org