[Biopython-dev] Biopython 1.59 plans

[Peter Cock]

On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Most of the unit tests are also passing under PyPy (bar
> the C extensions, and external dependencies like NumPy)
> with the exception of some XML issues with the standard
> library. If we mark these as known failures and include
> them in the buildbot before then, we can announce this
> release as having (partial) PyPy support.

I forgot ongoing headaches from handle 'leaks' too - for
instance test_SeqIO_index.py fails apparently due to the
delay in GC leading to a delay in the closing of handles:
http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/cpython_differences.html#differences-related-to-garbage-collection-strategies

Peter