On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 12:09:56PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote : > > I don't know Staden, but if two people are thus engaged it might mean > something. Prehaps we should set it higher in priority than EMBOSS. > (I admit I'm alittle bit depressed about the silence of Matt Hope > to all my requests of the status of the EMBOSS package. It does not > help at all if there are non maintained inofficial packages laying > around "anywhere". I would love to have this situation fixed, but > if there is more interest in Staden it might reasonable to set > preferences here.)
Dear Andreas, EMBOSS, is a set of unix-style general commands, and Staden is more oriented towards the analyis of raw sequences, and provides a GUI. I think that both are very important. If I had to prioritise, I would simply chose the one requiring the least work. Both packages are open-source alternatives to non-free software. EMBOSS replaces GCG [1], which is costly and closed, and Staden can sometimes substitute for consed [2], which is free for academics and expensive for the others. [1] http://www.accelrys.com/products/gcg/ [2] http://www.codoncode.com/ Importantly, as consed is sold to non-academics, the 'free for academics' version has no chances to be packageable in non-free or to be relisenced. Some part of Staden is also present in Fink (unfortunately, it is a library only). http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/iolib can it be easily ported to Debian ? Best, -- Charles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
