From ffa351040c8fa744ce990d76fa3d6232b6a0df80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Buels Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 11:42:06 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] added mention of Dalliance and @dasmoth in the BAM section of the release notes --- release-notes.txt | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/release-notes.txt b/release-notes.txt index 8b163fad1e..9cc02eb1db 100644 --- a/release-notes.txt +++ b/release-notes.txt @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ {{$NEXT}} - * Added a new data backend to allow direct access to BAM files over - the web without needing to translate them to JSON with - `bam-to-json.pl`. This new method of BAM access is far superior to - the old `bam-to-json.pl` in nearly every way, except in browser - compatibility. Like the BigWig direct access backend added in - JBrowse 1.5.0, it works in all major browsers *except* Internet - Explorer, because IE lacks support for the necessary web standards. - It may work with Internet Explorer 10, but this has not been tested - yet. + * Added a new direct-access storage driver for BAM files, removing + the need for `bam-to-json.pl`. This new method of BAM access is + far superior to the old `bam-to-json.pl` in nearly every way, + except in browser compatibility. Like the BigWig direct access + backend added in JBrowse 1.5.0, it is based on code from Thomas + Down's Dalliance Genome Explorer, and works in all major browsers + *except* Internet Explorer, because IE lacks support for the + necessary web standards. It may work with Internet Explorer 10, + but this has not been tested yet. * Added a new `Alignments` track type designed to work seamlessly with BAM files. This track type shows basepair differences and