Re: [Bioc-devel] Feedback on OrganismDb development

2016-04-08 Thread Obenchain, Valerie
On 04/08/2016 02:34 PM, Obenchain, Valerie wrote: > Hi, > > It sounds like we have agreement on these points: > > - Add support for sequences > - Keep the OrganismDb name > - Do provide pre-built packages > > I'm not sure we got much weigh in on the package name. I tend towards a > more descriptive

Re: [Bioc-devel] Feedback on OrganismDb development

2016-04-08 Thread Obenchain, Valerie
Hi, It sounds like we have agreement on these points: - Add support for sequences - Keep the OrganismDb name - Do provide pre-built packages I'm not sure we got much weigh in on the package name. I tend towards a more descriptive name. This post (to me) is an example of the confusion that can co

Re: [Bioc-devel] Feedback on OrganismDb development

2016-04-08 Thread Ludwig Geistlinger
Dear Valerie, Thank you for the update. 1) Class name: I'd definitely prefer the exisiting naming over the three other suggestions you gave. 2) Pre-made packages: Yes, I think it would be great to have such packages available for well-established Bioc model organisms, i.e. as returned by Annotat

Re: [Bioc-devel] Feedback on OrganismDb development

2016-04-07 Thread Tim Triche, Jr.
My only concern regarding AnnotationHub is offline use. I find that I'm more productive if I turn off the network interface altogether... Maybe I'm the only one. BiomaRt also scarred me a little. --t > On Apr 7, 2016, at 8:34 AM, Vincent Carey wrote: > > > >> On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 11:24 A

Re: [Bioc-devel] Feedback on OrganismDb development

2016-04-07 Thread Vincent Carey
On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 11:24 AM, Tim Triche, Jr. wrote: > Great! This is an awesome opportunity to move to ENSEMBL as a default ;-) > (only half kidding, by the way) > > 1) BSGenome/2bit would be great -- I use this sometimes to generate fusion > transcripts with defined breakpoints to supplemen

Re: [Bioc-devel] Feedback on OrganismDb development

2016-04-07 Thread Tim Triche, Jr.
Great! This is an awesome opportunity to move to ENSEMBL as a default ;-) (only half kidding, by the way) 1) BSGenome/2bit would be great -- I use this sometimes to generate fusion transcripts with defined breakpoints to supplement existing txomes 2) class name: don't change it 3) pre made pa

Re: [Bioc-devel] Feedback on OrganismDb development

2016-04-07 Thread Vincent Carey
On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 10:34 AM, Obenchain, Valerie < valerie.obench...@roswellpark.org> wrote: > BioC developers, > > After the release we plan to continue development the OrganismDb class > and packages. This email outlines some ideas for future direction. We're > interested in feedback on these