[Biopython-dev] Biopython 1.69 plans - late January / early February?

[Peter Cock]

Hello all,

I had hoped to make time for this before Christmas,
but it didn't happen. Anyway, I would like to us to do
the next Biopython release soon - we have lots of
contributions waiting for wider use:

https://github.com/biopython/biopython/blob/master/NEWS

Ben: are you and your Windows machine available
and willing to prepare Windows installers again
(*.exe and *.msi as before) in the next couple of
weeks?

[My own ancient Windows XP machine is due to be
replaced with a newer version of Windows on a VM,
which will take time to get setup for development.]

Everyone else: Is there anything critical that needs
fixing/merging? I've tried to keep on top of the pull
requests while away but there are bound to be some
which have been overlooked. If so, please comment
on them to request review or merging.

The release procedure remains somewhat manual,
despite getting more checks included with TravisCI.
I think http://biopython.org/wiki/Building_a_release
includes most of the changes due to the new GitHub
Pages based website, but I suspect going though
this again will lead to further clarifications.

If anyone would like to try a test run of the release
process, and report any issues that would be great.
The epydoc step in particular has historically often
caught import problems and/or RST formatting issues.

Also building the zip/tar-ball and installing it often
catches files missing from the manifest. That's
something we might be able to tweak the TravisCI
setup to do in future. Any volunteers?

Thanks,

Peter