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Re: Request for sponsoring: eagle



I'll have a look.  Andreas.

On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 11:59:31PM +0200, Dylan wrote:
> Hi,
> Could someone review and sponsor this new package [1] ?
> 
> Package name: bio-eagle
> URL: https://data.broadinstitute.org/alkesgroup/Eagle/
> License: GPL3+
> Description: Haplotype phasing within a genotyped cohort or using a
> phased reference panel
>  Eagle estimates haplotype phase either within a genotyped cohort or using a
>  phased reference panel. The basic idea of the Eagle1 algorithm is to harness
>  identity-by-descent among distant relatives—which is pervasive at very large
>  sample sizes but rare among smaller numbers of samples—to rapidly call phase
>  using a fast scoring approach. In contrast, the Eagle2 algorithm analyzes a
>  full probabilistic model similar to the diploid Li-Stephens model used by
>  previous HMM-based methods.
> 
> The original name of this software is "eagle" but since there is
> already a "eagle" package [2] (removed since few time but it will
> probably be re-uploaded in a near futur) in Debian, I preferred (and
> according to upstream) to rename the source and binary to bio-eagle.
> I have used the same mechanism that for the plink package to permit to
> use eagle with its original name. So, we have:
> - the binary: usr/lib/debian-med/bin/eagle
> - a link to this binary: usr/bin/bio-eagle
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Best regards,
> Dylan
> 
> [1] https://anonscm.debian.org/git/debian-med/eagle.git/
> [2] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/eagle
> 
> 

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