[Biopython] Planning Biopython 1.87

[Peter Cock]

Also https://github.com/biopython/biopython/issues/5109 which Michiel has
been working on.

Peter

On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 2:29 PM Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Biopythoneers,
>
> I think once the following are resolved (they have pull requests), we
> should do the next release:
>
> * NumPy 2.4 compatibility
>    https://github.com/biopython/biopython/issues/5135
>
> * Using pyproject.toml rather than setup.py
>    https://github.com/biopython/biopython/pull/5142
>
> Ideally sooner rather than later as the PDB _ATOM_FORMAT_STRING glitch
> introduced in Biopython 1.86 seems to be hitting a lot of people:
> https://github.com/biopython/biopython/issues/5097
>
> Is there anything else you think is urgent enough to wait on?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter
>
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