[Biopython-dev] Preparing for Biopython 1.48

[Jared Flatow]

Despite Tiago's self-criticism I thought his BOSC presentation was  
fine and up to par with the rest of them.

jared

On Sep 2, 2008, at 1:25 PM, Tiago Antão wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Peter  
> <biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk>wrote:
>
>> (As an aside, once we support numpy, having scipy as an optional
>> dependency for the statistics Tiago wanted to use in Bio.PopGen does
>> seem less onerous.)
>>
>
> First, my apologies for not reporting back from BOSC,but I was in a
> conference/professional visit spree for the last 3 months, returned  
> last
> most. Basically it was not OK: I arrived there from a previous  
> conference
> and did the presentation without little sleep, it was probably the  
> sloppiest
> presentation in my whole life. My sincere apologies.
>
> On a better front, I have a lot of new content for Bio.PopGen, a few
> remarks:
> 1. No documentation and testing done, so I will skip adding content  
> to 1.48.
> But I will surely add to 1.49.
> 2. None of the new content relies on scipy (as there was no  
> agreement on
> that), but being able to use scipy would make things much easier.  
> Most of
> anything that can be called "population genetics" is nothing more than
> statistics (statistics were invented because of population  
> genetics). So a
> change in policy would be welcomed (and would make Bio.PopGen really  
> useful
> for a wide audience - currently it has only niche users).
>
>
> In another front, we published a paper using content from Bio.PopGen  
> 1.44
> http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/9/323
>
> Regards,
> Tiago
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