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BioPerl branched for 1.6, RC1 is up
BioPerl has branched for 1.6 and the RC1 is up for testing as Chris announced.

BioPerl 1.6 preparations
BioPerl is preparing for version 1.6 release in the coming months. As part of this some restructuring and simplification of the packaging is occurring.
Biopython release 1.49
We are pleased to announce the release of Biopython 1.49. There have been some significant changes since Biopython 1.48 was released a few months ago, which is why we initially released a beta for wider testing. Thank you to all those who tried this and reported the minor problems ...
OBF Conference Call Board Meeting
The OBF Conference call is scheduled for 12:30PM to 2PM PST on Wednesday Nov 19, 2008.
OBF Board Meeting
The OBF board meeting will be held via conference call on Nov 19, from 12:30PM to 2PM PST.
Biopython 1.49 beta released
We are pleased to announce a beta release of Biopython 1.49. There are been some significant changes since Biopython 1.48 was released two months ago, which is why we are initially releasing a beta for wider testing. As previously announced, the big news is that Biopython now uses NumPy rather than ...
Biopython and Python 2.6 (and Python 2.3)
Many of you will be aware that Python 2.6 was released a month ago (October 1st, 2008). This supports a lot of new syntax and functionality, but also deprecates some old modules (e.g. the sets module). While Biopython 1.48 does mostly work with Python 2.6, we've been testing with Python ...
Biopython, Numeric and numpy
To date, Biopython releases have relied on the original numerical python library, Numeric (used in python with "import Numeric").
Biopython release 1.48
We are pleased to announce the release of Biopython 1.48. Some new functionality has been added, a few bugs have been fixed, the documentation has been updated, plus several obsolete modules have been deprecated (or explicitly labelled as obsolete). The following additional file formats are now supported in Bio.SeqIO and Bio.AlignIO: reading ...
BioSQL v1.0.1 released
This is a belated news entry announcing the second BioSQL v1.0 (code-named Tokyo) release, v1.0.1, which was made on August 2, 2008. It is available from the BioSQL downloads page. This version of the schema should be fully backwards compatible with the v1.0.0 schema for nearly all software and queries. The ...

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BioPerl branched for 1.6, RC1 is up
BioPerl has branched for 1.6 and the RC1 is up for testing as Chris announced.

BioPerl 1.6 preparations
BioPerl is preparing for version 1.6 release in the coming months. As part of this some restructuring and simplification of the packaging is occurring.
Bioperl 1.5.2 Release
I'm proud to announce the final release of Bioperl 1.5.2. Full details are available at http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/Release_1.5.2
new Bioperl website
I am pleased to announce the release of a new website for BioPerl. The site is based on the mediawiki software that was developed for the wikipedia project. We intend the site to be a place for community input on documentation and design for the ...
Bioperl 1.5.1
I am pleased to announce the 1.5.1 developer release of Bioperl. Essential links here Core http://bioperl.org/DIST/bioperl-1.5.1.tar.gz http://bioperl.org/DIST/bioperl-1.5.1.zip http://bioperl.org/DIST/bioperl-1.5.1.tar.bz2 Run http://bioperl.org/DIST/bioperl-run-1.5.1.tar.gz http://bioperl.org/DIST/bioperl-run-1.5.1.zip http://bioperl.org/DIST/bioperl-run-1.5.1.tar.bz2 Ext http://bioperl.org/DIST/bioperl-ext-1.5.1.tar.gz http://bioperl.org/DIST/bioperl-ext-1.5.1.zip http://bioperl.org/DIST/bioperl-ext-1.5.1.tar.bz2 MD5 sum http://bioperl.org/DIST/SIGNATURES.md5 Please see my mailing list postfor more information. I have appended the Change log from Bioperl core compents below 1.5.1 Developer release o Major problem with how Annotations were written out with Bio::Seq is fixed by reverting to old behavior for Bio::Annotation ...
Bioperl 1.5.1 RC4
Release Candidate 4 for bioperl 1.5.1 (Developer release) core, run, and ext packages is available. Several bug fixes went in last week so I've made what I hope to be the last release candidate before 1.5.1 goes out. More Info: http://portal.open-bio.org/pipermail/bioperl-l/2005-October/019904.html Files are here: http://bioperl.org/DIST/bioperl-1.5.1-rc4.tar.gz http://bioperl.org/DIST/bioperl-1.5.1-rc4.zip http://bioperl.org/DIST/bioperl-run-1.5.1-rc4.tar.gz http://bioperl.org/DIST/bioperl-run-1.5.1-rc4.zip http://bioperl.org/DIST/bioperl-ext-1.5.1-rc4.tar.gz http://bioperl.org/DIST/bioperl-ext-1.5.1-rc4.zip
PopGen HOWTO
A PopGen HOWTO added to the website for using the population genetics modules in Bioperl. The PAML HOWTO is in-process of being updated to describe the new functionalilty.
Beginners HOWTO
Brian Osborne and James Thompson have written a Bioperl HOWTO for beginners, for those who are interested in learning about Bioperl but have done very little programmming. Topics include creating a Sequence object, I/O and files, retrieving from Genbank, and using the Sequence object. All HOWTOs are published on the bioperl ...
Bioperl 1.5.0 released
Bioperl 1.5.0 Developer's release is available for download. =============================================== http://bioperl.org/DIST/bioperl-1.5.0.tar.bz2 425ac55ecbb4339b7b532ba6d429bb40 http://bioperl.org/DIST/bioperl-1.5.0.tar.gz 172472f0675de9a583432e21c9b1b5fc http://bioperl.org/DIST/bioperl-1.5.0.zip 3febcd2445a7393c65981a6f9f13a9ed We'll update the website to reflect this new release. The odd-numbered releases are called developer releases and are not deposited on CPAN. Please note that the API in 1.5.0 may change before the ...
Bioperl 1.5 RC 2
Release candidate 2 of Bioperl 1.5.0 is ready for downloading and testing. Please report back to the bioperl list with any problems. We would like to make a developer release by the end of January 2005. http://bioperl.org/DIST/bioperl-1.5.0-RC2.tar.gz http://bioperl.org/DIST/bioperl-1.5.0-RC2.tar.bz2 http://bioperl.org/DIST/bioperl-1.5.0-RC2.zip

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