v129-preview

New things:

• Fan has a new utility KGRef3.sh.
• Kate has a new utility ratStuff/mafsInRegion.

Edits:

• Brian has a number of changes to mafClick.c.
• Jim has extensive edits to paraflow.
• Angie has made numerous corrections found by applying -Wall.
• Galt has refinements to visiGene.
• Hiram added new features to randomPlacement.c.
• Fan has on-going refinements to the KG pipeline.
• Heather is extending SNP pipeline to include SNPs on random chroms.
• Rachel added 2 new functions: emptyForNull() in common.c and hashAddReplace() in hash.c.
• Mark added 2 new functions: bitRealloc() in bits.c and reverseStrings() in common.c.
• Mark has on-going refinements to pslMap.
• Brian is working in src/hg/history.

Bug fixes:

• Rachel has a bug fix to hgGene.
• Brian has a fix to hgc regarding refComp and the cart.

Data:

• Angie is cranking through rn4: BAC End pairs, STS markers, KG
• Hiram is cranking through mm8: 17-way Conservation, STS markers.
• Kate is working on panTro2.
• Rachel has edits to support danRer3 KG.