[Biopython-dev] Re: [BioPython] Biopython 1.40 beta released

[Jeffrey Chang]

Fantastic job.  Congratulations!  It's a lot of work, lots of stuff to 
keep track of to get a release out.  It's definitely a good thing to 
get a new version out there for people to work with.

Jeff


On Feb 23, 2005, at 9:51 PM, Iddo Friedberg wrote:

> We are pleased to announce the release of  Biopython 1.40 beta. It has 
> been nine months since the last official release, and there are 
> numerous changes, bugfixes, enhancements, goodies and new 
> contributors. Most notable are the addition of the Nexus parser (Frank 
> Kauff w/ Cymon Cox) , the CAPS module (Jonathan Taylor), the 
> Restriction enzyme package (Frederic Sohm), hefty improvements to 
> Bio.PDB (Thomas Hamelryck), MutableSeq (Michiel de Hoon), and more. 
> The delay in the release was caused by day jobs creeping into the 
> lives of most core developers. So we are very happy with this release 
> finally out, and we hope to have the non-beta out soon.
>
> Too many people to thank, so I'll mention only handful: Michiel and 
> Thomas, thanks for keeping tabs on things during the release process; 
> Jonathan and Frank, thanks for the new modules. Jeff Chang, thanks for 
> all the help and pointers in getting the release out, and for the 
> documentation you wrote for theat purpose. Thanks to all the 
> developers for making this happen, and apologies for not mentioning 
> you all by name and work. There are >170 members on the developers 
> mailing list,  46 people in the CONTRIB file, and if you feel you 
> should be there and you're not, let me know. Finally, thanks to Jeff 
> (again) Andrew and Brad for making this project so robust that even 
> putting me in charge did not screw it up.
>
>
> Peace,
>
> Iddo
>
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