Well there is at least one person using this functionality -
http://dev.list.galaxyproject.org/Problem-to-upload-data-to-Galaxy-when-using-pbed-file-format-td4666000.html.
Just to make this more concrete - Sam has swapped the upload file
button to use the new upload widget this release cycle
Hi John, Sam,
I've not done it yet, but was hoping to implement uploading of
BLAST databases at some point - mainly for use within the
test framework, rather than expecting it to be useful for the
end user.
Is the issue here uploading an archive (e.g. .zip or .tar.gz) or
offering a way to pick
Hello everyone,
We are considering to disable the deprecated upload tool form which is
currently accessible through Tool panel Get Data Upload file. The new
upload feature (icon at the top of the Tool panel) covers all of its
functionality except uploading composite datatypes like e.g. Velvet.