[BioC] homology package question

[John Zhang]

>
>I think we should update the homology packages in the near future to use 
another
>source data because the README file on this site says:
>
>"The old HomoloGene FTP file formats (hmlg.ftp and hmlg.trip.ftp) are now
>deprecated.  They will be produced for the time being, to make the
>transition to the new file formats smoother, but will be discontinued 
>as of Jan. 1, 2007."

I remember they said that the XML version will be the one to use in the future. 
I tried to parse the XML file quite some time ago and did not get the same set 
of data as the old one. If this is still true, we may need to re-design/change 
the package. 


>
>But we don't have time to make the changes for this release. Sorry...
>
>best
>
>nianhua
>
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Jianhua Zhang
Department of Medical Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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