[Biopython] Lightweight version of Biopython?

[Peter]

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Erick Matsen <matsen at fhcrc.org> wrote:
> Hello there Biopython community--
>
> We're writing some python code to use SCons for reproducible
> bioinformatics research with intelligent dependencies. As part of the
> project, we often need to do very simple bioinformatics tasks, such as
> reading in various formats and spitting out others. We could use
> Biopython for such things, but it's a very heavy dependency for such
> trivial tasks.
>
> I'm curious if there exists a Biopython "lite". The ideal situation
> would be a tiny module that we could include directly in our project.
> I have searched the Biopython mailing list and have yet to find
> anything.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Erick

Hi Erick,

Why do you consider Biopython a heavy dependency? It can
be installed with no 3rd party libraries (although we do strongly
recommend NumPy, if you are not using anything numerical
you don't need it).

Peter