[Bioperl-l] [ANNOUCEMENT] BioPerl 1.6 RC2

[Chris Fields]

No copy-and-paste errors there.  Nope, none at all.  ;P

-c

On Jan 6, 2009, at 5:23 PM, Chris Fields wrote:

> All,
>
> All,
>
> I am like to announce the second release candidate for BioPerl 1.6  
> is available for testing.
>
> A quick note on versioning: due to issues with alpha numbered  
> versions on CPAN possibly overwriting a stable release, this release  
> candidate has a VERSION of 1.005009_002 (or 1.005009002).  This will  
> be switched to 1.006000 (no alpha) once the release is final.
>
> The RC is currently being uploaded to CPAN and should be available  
> in the next 24-48 hours under authorname CJFIELDS.  In the meantime,  
> the release candidates can be directly downloaded here:
>
> http://bioperl.org/DIST/BioPerl-1.5.9_2.tar.bz2
> http://bioperl.org/DIST/BioPerl-1.5.9_2.tar.gz
> http://bioperl.org/DIST/BioPerl-1.5.9_2.zip
>
> Signature file:
> http://bioperl.org/DIST/SIGNATURES.md5
>
> A preliminary ActiveState PPM is also available and is located in  
> the BioPerl Release Candidate repository; the directions for  
> installation are here:
>
> http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/Installing_Bioperl_on_Windows
>
> Please feel free to report issues with testing, installation, etc.  
> on the mail list and on this page:
>
> http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/Release_1.6_Testing
>
> Again, just to note we will be releasing bioperl-run, bioperl-db,  
> bioperl-network, and others separately once the final 1.6 release is  
> complete.
>
> Since the last release:
>
> Fixed:
>
> 1) Some cruft from testing the last release is no longer present.
> 2) Several warnings and test failures (via CPAN Testers) now fixed.
>
> Known Issues:
>
> 1) A very recent change in ENSembl data causes one of the Map.t  
> tests to fail; this has already been fixed and will be present in  
> the next (final?) release.
> 2) Some odd warnings for Bio::Assembly tests are still present, but  
> they are harmless.  Nevertheless they will be addressed prior to the  
> next release.
> 3) Warnings for Bio::Annotation tests can be fixed by an upgrade to  
> the latest Data::Stag (this is NOT a required upgrade).
> 4) PPM issues; note this is not high on our priority list ATM but I  
> will try to address it for the next release).
>
> Enjoy!
>
> chris
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