We are thinking of including MG into core in one of future releases, probably by next summer. As to Coot, it will probably stay autonomous.
Eugene On 1 Oct 2012, at 13:14, Dirk Kostrewa wrote: > Dear Eugene, > > thank you for your kind reply and your explanation! > > Since the CCP4 download site offers Coot either as a stand-alone-package or > via the new package manager, I was hoping that new Coot releases could also > be handled by the wonderful CCP4 software update. > > A software update mechanism for Coot, be it part of CCP4 or part of Coot, > would help the software administrator :-). > > A related question just crossed my mind: when will Coot and CCP4mg become > part of the CCP4 core packages? > > Best regards, > > Dirk. > > P.S.: I've sent Paul Emsley a CC of this little conversation. > > > Am 01.10.12 13:13, schrieb eugene.krissi...@stfc.ac.uk: >> Thanks for nice question. >> >> Currently, CCP4 update is applicable only to what is distributed as "CCP4 >> core", which guarantees a definite location in $CCP4 directory. Also, >> updates are not supposed to deliver releases ("upgrades"), but rather >> smallish changes between them. >> >> Coot is not part of CCP4 core, and in fact, is distributed in many different >> ways, therefore, CCP4 update mechanism cannot be applied to Coot >> straightforwardly, and it is unlikely to be applicable to Coot upgrades >> (e.g., 0.7 to 08). >> >> However, the updater may be made a part of Coot package, which is something >> completely doable in principle, in which case it can deliver fixes for >> current release. >> >> Eugene >> >> >> On 1 Oct 2012, at 09:46, Dirk Kostrewa wrote: >> >> Dear CCP4 developers, >> >> this question might be interesting for many CCP4/Coot users: >> >> will the Coot release 0.7 and future releases be made available to CCP4 >> users via the CCP4 software update? >> >> Best regards, >> >> Dirk. >> >> >> -------- Original-Nachricht -------- >> Betreff: [COOT] Release 0.7 >> Datum: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 10:49:45 +0100 >> Von: Paul Emsley >> <paul.ems...@bioch.ox.ac.uk><mailto:paul.ems...@bioch.ox.ac.uk> >> Antwort an: Paul Emsley >> <paul.ems...@bioch.ox.ac.uk><mailto:paul.ems...@bioch.ox.ac.uk> >> An: c...@jiscmail.ac.uk<mailto:c...@jiscmail.ac.uk> >> >> >> >> Hi Coot-users, >> >> We are pleased to announce Release 0.7 of Coot. >> >> Source: >> >> http://lmb.bioch.ox.ac.uk/coot/software/source/releases/coot-0.7.tar.gz >> >> Binaries: >> >> http://lmb.bioch.ox.ac.uk/coot/software/binaries/releases/ >> >> Mac 10.8: >> >> http://psbmini.ucsc.edu/~wgscott/coot/stablereleases/Coot-0.7-stable_64bit_10.8.2.pkg.zip >> >> >> Now stick a fork in me (as they say)... >> >> Paul. >> >> >> A few notes: >> >> o FEATURE: RCrane [RNA builder] >> >> o FEATURE: Cootaneer [RNA builder] >> >> o FEATURE: Het-groups are now represented with bond orders. >> >> o FEATURE: Ligand Builder - working in conjunction with cprodrg. >> >> o FEATURE: JLigand interface. >> >> o CHANGE: symmetry operator number are no longer zero indexed. Add >> trans component to symmetry file names. >> >> o CHANGE: Dotted surfaces now are coloured by atom type and are at >> atomic radii rather than 1A. >> >> o CHANGE: map transformation no longer has symmetry overwrite >> problems. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> ******************************************************* >> Dirk Kostrewa >> Gene Center Munich >> Department of Biochemistry >> Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München >> Feodor-Lynen-Str. 25 >> D-81377 Munich >> Germany >> Phone: +49-89-2180-76845 >> Fax: +49-89-2180-76999 >> E-mail: kostr...@genzentrum.lmu.de<mailto:kostr...@genzentrum.lmu.de> >> WWW: www.genzentrum.lmu.de<http://www.genzentrum.lmu.de/> >> ******************************************************* >> >> >> >> >> > > -- > > ******************************************************* > Dirk Kostrewa > Gene Center Munich > Department of Biochemistry > Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München > Feodor-Lynen-Str. 25 > D-81377 Munich > Germany > Phone: +49-89-2180-76845 > Fax: +49-89-2180-76999 > E-mail: kostr...@genzentrum.lmu.de > WWW: www.genzentrum.lmu.de > ******************************************************* > > -- Scanned by iCritical.