[BioPython] Martel problems and MS-Windows

[Michiel Jan Laurens de Hoon]

You are right, Martel did get skipped because it was already present on my 
machine. Why is it necessary to check version number of Martel? Is it possible 
that a version of Martel is already present that is newer than the one included 
with Biopython?

--Michiel.

Brad Chapman wrote:

> Hello;
> 
> 
>>I have tried to install biopython. It seem to works propertly, but when
>>trying the example of the cookbook the Martel module fails (or this is what
>>I think).
>>
>>When typing: GenBank.FeatureParser() I get the error: "ImportError: No
>>module named Martel".
> 
> 
> It looks like you did everything perfectly find -- I believe the
> problem is that Martel (the underlying parsing engine) was
> accidentally left out of the windows installer.
> 
> Michiel kindly provided the installers, so maybe he'd be willing to
> double-check if the might have been left out -- since I'm not much
> of a Windows person myself.
> 
> (As an aside to Michiel -- I think this problem is caused by the way
> that the setup.py works. Specifically, only installing Martel if the
> version number of the "distributed Martel" is bigger than the
> "installed Martel." I put a note in the release instructions and
> will fix this in the future by bumping the Martel version on each
> release. This also ensures that any fixes/changes to Martel get
> installed).
> 
> So yes, it looks like a problem on our part, and hopefully we can
> get it sorted for you. Thanks for reporting it and sorry for any
> confusion.
> 
> Brad
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Human Genome Center
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