I know a few people have asked me privately about "when is the next release" and "do we have to wait for OB-3.0"?
So a few suggestions open to discussion - The current trunk should become OB version 2.3, likely releasing in early spring 2010. It will offer 2D layout, improved stereochemistry, etc. Sounds like a good release. - While v2.3 will obviously have new API, I think we should make every effort not to break ABI -- the binary compatibility. I have not yet tested this, but the main restrictions are not to add overloaded parameters to function calls, new virtual functions, etc. http://techbase.kde.org/Policies/Binary_Compatibility_Issues_With_C++ - Efforts for OB version 3.0 are still under discussion. Several of us have been collaborating with the developers of RDKit for a "MolCore" library. This would be BSD-licensed and used as the core for future versions of both OB and RDKit. We have sketched out much of the design, but have not yet put code together. Since it's already November, should we try to put together a "2.3 To Do Items" list? I've gotten things started on the wiki: http://openbabel.org/wiki/Version_2.3_Projects -Geoff P.S. There's also the old 3.0 projects list... http://openbabel.org/wiki/Version_3.0_Projects ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ OpenBabel-Devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbabel-devel
