Future of TreeView X in Debian.
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- Subject: Future of TreeView X in Debian.
- From: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 08:40:46 +0900
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Dear all,
TreeView X is a neat package for displaying, printing and exporting
phylogenetic trees.
Unfortunately its author has no time anymore for it, and it does not work with
wxWidgets 3.0. It is therefore at risk of being removed from Debian.
Still, its popcon records show a loyal user base and I do not know a full
drop-in replacement for it. NJplot would be the closest equivalent, and is
actually superior in some aspects, but its interface shows its age and it can
only export the trees in PostScript format, while TreeView X can export in SVG.
TreeView X also offers more choices for the shape of the cladogram.
Would there be somebody interested in taking over the TreeView X upstream ?
If you can't but are interested to keep it in Debian, please pass the message !
Alternatively, if you know a good replacement, please let us know !
Have a nice day,
--
Charles Plessy
Debian Med packaging team
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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