Re: [RFS] libcifpp

[Steffen Möller <steffen_moeller@gmx.de>]

Hi Maarten,

On 17.11.20 20:25, Maarten L. Hekkelman wrote:
> Just pushed libcifpp into salsa.
>
> Libcifpp is a library to read, write and manipulate files containing
> macro molecular structure info. It works internally with mmCIF
> structures but can read and write PDB files as well.
>
> This is a first step, a couple of other tools bases on libcifpp will
> follow shortly.
>
> Perhaps a review is needed, esp. the automatic download of
> mmcif_pdbx_v50.dic files. As discussed on this list, I put those in
> /var/cache/libcifpp.

Sounds all great. The problem with automated downloads I see only when
these happen during build or testing. But a separate script that keeps
something synchronized I think is just fine. That could then be invoked
in a cron job, possibly.

Best,

Steffen