[Biopython-dev] external dependencies...

[Jeffrey Chang]

How are we going to handle them?

Right now, we have:
Numeric
Martel
mxTextTools (with Martel)
SPARK


- Should we auto-detect whether they have it already installed?

- How do we handle version differences?

- Should we bundle these in the distribution or download them as needed?

- How much help should we provide the user in installing them?  
Completely automatic installation, or just gentle error messages and
URL's?

- Should we maintain copies of these at biopython.org?

- Is there something going on in catalog-sig or somewhere else that can
help us right now?

Jeff