[Bioperl-l] GFF and LocatableSeq refactoring

[Mark A. Jensen]

I see both points- I think Chris's suggestion is good. The nexml support
won't work without Bio::Phylo, but not everyone will need that support,
so if the install can be chatty about this that would be great-
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Fields" <cjfields at illinois.edu>
To: "Hilmar Lapp" <hlapp at gmx.net>
Cc: "BioPerl List" <bioperl-l at lists.open-bio.org>; "Mark A. Jensen" 
<maj at fortinbras.us>; "chase Miller" <chmille4 at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Bioperl-l] GFF and LocatableSeq refactoring


>
> On Aug 16, 2009, at 10:13 AM, Hilmar Lapp wrote:
>
>> On Aug 15, 2009, at 10:49 PM, Chris Fields wrote:
>>
>>> Not sure about calling it bioperl-phylo (which might be confused  with 
>>> Rutger's Bio::Phylo).
>>
>>
>> Frankly, it seems to me that either is more powerful in combination  with the 
>> other, so I don't quite see how the name suggesting some  linkage isn't a 
>> Good Thing rather than bad.
>>
>> -hilmar
>
> I don't have a problem as long as there is some emphasis they are two 
> separate, but related, projects.  There is quite a bit of crossover  between 
> the two (particularly with the last few bioperl-related GSoC  projects), but I 
> would rather not have to worry about users emailing  the list wondering why 
> something in bioperl-phylo doesn't work when  they installed Bio::Phylo 
> instead (or vice-versa).  Maybe Bio::Phylo  could be added as a recommended 
> module with bioperl-phylo to alleviate  that?
>
> chris
>
>