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

[Peter]

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Eric Talevich <eric.talevich at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Peter <biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk>wrote:
>
>> 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?
>>
>
> I'd be happy with another release within the next couple weeks, provided I
> can fix the Py3 bugs you've turned up in Bio.Phylo.

i.e.
http://lists.open-bio.org/pipermail/biopython-dev/2010-August/008143.html

If you can look at this Py3 issue early this week I'll wait before doing the
beta. The real point of the beta is to see if we broke anything on Python 2
without realising it ;)

> There are some recent fixes and improvements Bio.Phylo, e.g.
> root_with_outgroup, that I think make the module more useful.
>
> I'd like to take another crack at documentation before the release, though
> -- at least put the example from my BOSC talk into the tutorial.

That would be great.

>> 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?
>
> Just the Bio.Phylo bugs and documentation, as usual.

Yeah, releases are a good trigger for people updating documentation ;)
The docs /could/ be done after the beta is released... depends on
your schedule really.

Peter