[Biopython] Git freeze in preparation for Biopython 1.88

[Peter Cock]

Done - consider the default branch open again.

The docs have built, there was an issue with the cached pip
installation (resolved by deleting the old GitHub Actions caches).

Python 3.15 wheels will have to wait on the release of wheels for
Numpy: https://pypi.org/project/numpy/#files

Time read up on logging a CVE via the GitHub Security Advisory
settings, and write a brief release announcement...

Peter


Peter

On Thu, Aug 6, 2026 at 2:06 PM Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Mostly there, the release is on PyPI already with wheels, but two wrinkles.
>
> Docs - the GitHub action is breaking before deploying the docs,
> something changed in the pip ecosystem - see
> https://github.com/biopython/biopython/pull/5281 - this is delaying
> the post-release version bump as the automated docs deployment is
> hooked to the version number.
>
> DIST - we used to archive our source releases on an FTP server, a role
> largely replaced with PyPI for many years. That folder continues but
> via GitHub Pages from https://github.com/biopython/DIST instead. That
> folder/repository has grown with each release and seems now to have
> hit a GitHub Pages deployment limit.
>
> I think it is worth trying to build wheels using the Python 3.15
> release candidate too...
>
> Peter
>
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2026 at 1:07 PM Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > It has been four months since Biopython 1.87 so time wise not unusual
> > for our next release, which I am starting now.
> >
> > Fellow maintainers please treat the default branch as frozen until
> > further notice - this should be finished today.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Peter