[Debian-med-packaging] Please check hmmer2 autopkgtest

[Joshua Marshall]

So not great news, I didn't commit anything to version control because it
didn't get to stable.  It also doesn't look like anybody went over and
patched the 2.x branch.  I can't give the time needed to tame this.

On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 12:44 PM Joshua Marshall <jrmarsha at mtu.edu> wrote:

> Ed made some design decisions which don't make a ton of sense for
> software.  While the stated purpose of the programs is the same, they
> actually offer different sets of functionality.  My initial introduction to
> them, interpro scan, actually needed to use both versions because of this
> feature split.  I wouldn't trust my branch right now.  Each time I went in
> to fix or patch something up, it broke multiple other things.  I don't have
> a good answer for you.  I have HMM code ready for testing, but it requires
> C++20 features which I'm also having to implement and doesn't have the CLI
> wrapping or trained model yet.
>
> Let me muck around with it tonight and get back to you.  I may be able to
> patch it to a stable enough state where you can use it.  I remember leaving
> it fairly close to usable.
>
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 8:55 AM Andreas Tille <andreas at fam-tille.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Joshua,
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 12:23:16PM -0400, Joshua Marshall wrote:
>> > I've been poking at it here and there.  The thing is wound pretty tight
>> so
>> > I've just taken to a group up rework.  Check upstream for actual
>> > support--he won't even talk to me.  Guy can get pretty dramatic.
>>
>> But what is your personal opinion about the code you commited to
>>
>>     https://github.com/MichiganTech/hmmer
>>
>> Are you using it?  Does it work for you?  Do you think it is worth to
>> maintain a hmmer2 version in the long run despite hmmer3 is out?
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>>       Andreas.
>>
>> --
>> http://fam-tille.de
>>
>
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