[mira_talk] Re: 32-bit version for mira 3.2.1?
- From: Robin Kramer <kodream@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mira_talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 08:55:57 -0600
Sounds good to me :)
I don't know why I was thinking it would be using the text book, "Blast for
dummies".
Sincerely yours,
Robin
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 2:07 AM, Lionel Guy <guy.lionel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Robin,
>
> I'm teaching a practical in de novo genome assembly in a workshop for PhD
> students and post-docs. They are assembling the same dataset using different
> assemblers, among which MIRA, comparing the results and discussing the
> different solutions. I cannot really see how this wouldn't be considered as
> "academic". And, in addition, as Bob and John put it, mira is easy to use,
> and a very interesting and clever tool.
>
> Would you mind developing why you consider MIRA as a non-academic tool?
>
> Regards,
>
> Lionel
>
>
> On 6 Apr 2011, at 1:10 , Robin Kramer wrote:
>
> > For a class teaching what exactly?
> >
> > Sincerely yours,
> >
> > Robin
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 4:24 PM, John Nash <john.he.nash@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Furthermore, if the exercise is genome assembly, I cannot think of an
> easier tool to use in a genomics class. Sure, the switches can be
> complicated, but most of them are not really needed for a basic assembly.
> >
> > Sent from my mobile device
> >
> > On 2011-04-05, at 6:08 PM, Robert Bruccoleri <bruc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear Robin,
> >> A detailed examination of the algorithms used by Mira would be a
> marvelous academic exercise. Bastien is very clever, and there's a lot for
> students and professionals to learn from his work.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Bob
> >>
> >> Robin Kramer wrote:
> >>> What class do you want to teach?
> >>>
> >>> It seems to me like skills based on a specific open source technology
> which is only really only an operationally defined standard, even though the
> manual is VERY informative, isn't very Academic.
> >>>
> >>> Sincerely yours,
> >>>
> >>> Robin
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Hanquan Liang <hliang@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>> How about installing 64-bit version in a 64-bit box, and SSH from
> >>> crappy 32-bit teaching computer to run MIRA?
> >>>
> >>> Hanquan
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Lionel Guy <guy.lionel@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > Not that badly. 3.2.0 will do.
> >>> > Maybe I'll ask again whenever MIRA 4.0 comes out ;)
> >>> >
> >>> > Cheers,
> >>> >
> >>> > Lionel
> >>> >
> >>> > On 5 Apr 2011, at 21:55 , Bastien Chevreux wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > > On Thursday 31 March 2011 11:30:03 Lionel Guy wrote:
> >>> > > > For teaching purposes, I'm using mira on old crappy computers
> that are
> >>> > > > 32-bit. I wanted to install the latest version of MIRA, but can't
> find a
> >>> > > > 32-bit version for 3.2.1 nor nor 3.2.1.5. I know mira is not
> meant to be
> >>> > > > run on old crappy computers, but have you decided not to support
> 32-bit
> >>> > > > versions anymore?
> >>> > > The download numbers in 2009 and 2010 for the 32 bit versions of
> MIRA had already been in sharp decline (fortunately so), so I already had
> envisaged letting them run out at some moment or another.
> >>> > > But not really intentionally for the 3.2.1 version, no. But after
> installing a new distribution at home, I had not found the time to
> re-install VirtualBox, so I didn't do 32 bit versions immediately and then
> simply forgot about them.
> >>> > > How badly do you need them?
> >>> > > B.
>
>
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