[Biopython-dev] Release plans for Biopython 1.55 (beta)?

[Michiel de Hoon]

I'm OK with a new release, provided we can fix the test errors.
I have been looking at the Blast parsers (as discussed previously) but this turned out to be more difficult than expected; a new release should not wait for it.

--Michiel.

--- On Fri, 8/13/10, Peter <biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

> From: Peter <biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk>
> Subject: [Biopython-dev] Release plans for Biopython 1.55 (beta)?
> To: "Biopython-Dev Mailing List" <biopython-dev at biopython.org>
> Date: Friday, August 13, 2010, 2:18 PM
> Hi all,
> 
> We've probably clocked up enough bug fixes and additions to
> justify a
> new release (even though there are still things waiting
> which look close
> to being ready, e.g. uniprot-xml and imgt parsing).
> Alternatively, should
> we delay while we work to get some more of the new stuff
> tested and
> merged?
> 
> Regarding Python 2.7 support, it all looks fine. However,
> for the Windows
> installers we are waiting on an official NumPy installer
> for Python 2.7
> (i.e. NumPy 1.5 which is due shortly I understand).
> 
> I'm aware that in the course of the Python 3 work so far,
> we've touched
> quite a lot of the code - and some areas are still not
> fully covered by the
> unit tests. With that in mind, I think a beta release would
> be a prudent
> thing to do - primarily in the hope of end users spotting
> any issues which
> the unit tests have not revealed.
> 
> Does doing a beta release some time next week sound like a
> good plan,
> with the official release say a week or two later? Are
> there any blocker
> issues we should be addressing first?
> 
> e.g. test_NCBI_BLAST_tools.py fails with the latest BLAST+,
> we
> need to update the application wrappers as the NCBI have
> changed
> a few of the switches.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Peter
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