[BioPython] [Fwd: [blast-announce] [BLAST-Announce #036]: Discontinuation of old BLAST web service.]

[Jeffrey Chang]

Yes, this will affect the NCBIWWW.blasturl function, since that uses
this web service.  Since it doesn't look like NCBI is going to replace
it with anything, this function will be deprecated.  Is this going to
affect anyon?  It seems like people use NCBIWWW.blast instead anyway
(or at least, those are the bugs I hear about).

Jeff



On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 12:09:37PM -0300, Sebastian Bassi wrote:
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> I'd like to know if this change is going to affect the functionality of
> any component of biopython.
> For the mainteiner of Blast module, please read this:
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> - -------- Original Message --------
> From: Mcginnis, Scott (NIH/NLM/NCBI) <mcginnis at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov>
> To: 'blast-announce at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov' <blast-announce at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov>
> Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:34:03 -0400
> 
> [BLAST-Announce #036]: Discontinuation of old BLAST web service.
> 
> NCBI will be discontinuing an older and outdated BLAST web server. It
> will be turned off at or about October 24, 2003. This is the old BLAST
> web service can be distinguished by the URL which contains
> "/cgi-bin/BLAST/nph-blast_report". The removal of old, outdated services
> free up resources to allow NCBI to continue providing new features and
> optimize BLAST performance.
> 
> This change should not effect the BLAST web pages as they were migrated
> to the new system a few years ago. However, this change may effect old
> third party applications and some custom scripts. Third party
> applications should now use the BLAST URL API documentation which is
> located here:
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/Doc/urlapi.html. Several companies
> have already migrated their software to the new BLAST servers.
> 
> If you use an older, third party program (e.g. GCG) you should contact
> the manufacturer to inquire about updates for these programs. Users of
> older forms of these programs will no longer be able to perform BLAST
> searches once the old service is removed.
> 
> If you have any questions regarding this or other BLAST services, please
> contact us at
> blast-help at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
> 
> 
> 
> - --
> Best regards,
> 
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