Bug#771154: plink: New major upstream version of plink

2014-12-22 Thread Dylan
Hi Andreas, 2014-12-16 15:35 GMT+01:00 Andreas Tille andr...@an3as.eu: For this actual case I wonder whether plink2 would be a drop in replacement we can provide instead of the old pling (which means the interface is compatible and the test suite if there is any creates the same results) or

Bug#771154: plink: New major upstream version of plink

2014-12-22 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi Dylan, On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 09:51:06AM +0100, Dylan wrote: I recommend to provide both versions of plink for the moment as the first version is always widely used and the interface is not completely compatible, some flags are not supported by the new version. The upstream recommends

Bug#771154: [Debian-med-packaging] Bug#771154: plink: New major upstream version of plink

2014-12-22 Thread Steffen Möller
Much in support of Dylan, please also think about the binary filename of the executable. We had the unfortunate p-link for Version 1 to avoid a clash with one of the putty tools. This was a mistake at the time imho. Shall we correct for that? Or is upstream already defaulting to plink2? This

Bug#771154: [Debian-med-packaging] Bug#771154: plink: New major upstream version of plink

2014-12-22 Thread Dylan
Hi Steffen, 2014-12-22 10:22 GMT+01:00 Steffen Möller steffen_moel...@gmx.de: Much in support of Dylan, please also think about the binary filename of the executable. We had the unfortunate p-link for Version 1 to avoid a clash with one of the putty tools. This was a mistake at the time imho.

Bug#771154: Plink2 (Was: Bug#771154: plink: New major upstream version of plink)

2014-12-22 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 10:45:12AM +0100, Dylan wrote: Hi Steffen, 2014-12-22 10:22 GMT+01:00 Steffen Möller steffen_moel...@gmx.de: Much in support of Dylan, please also think about the binary filename of the executable. We had the unfortunate p-link for Version 1 to avoid a

Bug#771154: plink: New major upstream version of plink

2014-12-16 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi Bob On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 08:31:29AM +0100, Bob Dybian wrote: Package: plink Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, Plink2 [1] was just presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics 2014 [2]. Plink2 is a comprehensive update of plink with new algorithms and

Bug#771154: plink: New major upstream version of plink

2014-11-26 Thread Bob Dybian
Package: plink Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, Plink2 [1] was just presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics 2014 [2]. Plink2 is a comprehensive update of plink with new algorithms and new methods, faster and less memory consumer than the first plink. As it was