[Biopython-dev] PDB tidy script, was: [Bug 275

[Eric Talevich]

On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Peter <biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk>wrote:

>
> One drawback is that currently Bio.PDB's header parsing leaves a lot to
> be desired, and very little of the header is output when saving a PDB file
> (Thomas' focus is/was very much on the 3D data).
>
> Peter
>


I haven't been on this list long enough to know -- is Thomas still
supporting the PDB module? If so, would he give his blessing to some more
invasive changes to the PDB module, such as unifying PDBParser and
parse_pdb_header? That separation has always seemed curiously vestigal to
me. Now that github gives us some flexibility with public branches, it would
be nice to have a discussion on some longer-term plans for Bio.PDB. I do a
fair amount of work with PDB files and PyMol at my lab, and if the Biopython
core devs are open to it, I can start merging enhancements into my public
branch on github. However, if there's already a plan for the module, it's
obviously best for me not to publish a divergent branch.

-Eric