[Biopython-dev] Draft announcement for Biopython 1.68

[Peter Cock]

On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Other than perhaps rebuilding the tar and zip files to include a
> tiny update to the NEWS file (adding release date, plus we
> should thank Ben for building Windows binaries), I think we're
> almost ready to announce Biopython 1.68.
>
> Lluís Revilla has kindly tested building from the tar-ball on
> Linux with Python 2.7,
>
> http://mailman.open-bio.org/pipermail/biopython-dev/2016-August/021538.html

Another minor issue reported via GitHub:

https://github.com/biopython/biopython/issues/919

> It would be nice have an independent test of a Windows
> MSI and EXE installer as well...

A colleague tested the Python 2.7 EXE and that worked fine.

Peter