[Bioperl-l] Bio::*Taxonomy* changes (Chris Fields)

[Sendu Bala]

Chris Fields wrote:
> On Jul 29, 2006, at 2:54 AM, Sendu Bala wrote:
>
>>> http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/HOWTO:Trees
>> Which is why the Trees HOWTO talks about taxa, and a number of the
>> Taxonomy modules have phylogenetic methods like get_lca. (And why  
>> there
>> is Bio::Taxonomy::Taxon and Tree.)
> 
> Are we still thinking about deprecating those?  I have seen very  
> little mention of those modules from the mail list archives, and  
> Jason mentioned that Bio::Taxonomy::Taxon hasn't been modified in a  
> long time.

Yes, they would both be redundant and nonsensical with the planned 
changes to Bio::Species.