v186-preview - 1 July 2008    (Pairings)

Code changes:

• Fix bugs with "fast configure" mode. (Andy)
• Added next-item feature to BED tracks with less than 9 columns. (Andy)
• Added check for custom track existence when saving a session. (Angie)
• More work on modularization for GBrowse. (Angie)
• Added check in printSnpAlignment in hgc.c for fasta entries with unambiguous SNP char (in human dbSNP 129) -- will be fixed in next dbSNP release. (Angie)
• Ongoing modularization work for GBrowser. (Angie)
• Debugging work on cart mixup bug. (Angie)
• Mod to hgTracks.c -- always dink at least 1 base, zero-width ranges go to 2-base window rather than 2000-bp window. (Brian)
• Fixed customFactory.c seg viol when "track" line has no options. (Brian)
• Added check in ratStuff/magAddIRows for nBed file with no contents. (Brian)
• Ongoing work on instinct. (Fan, Zack)
• Ongoing parasol work. (Galt)
• Fixed list reordering in lib/hash.c, added hash test suite. (Galt)
• Added better printf parameter checking, fixed bugs found by GNU printf checking. (Galt)
• Made Home and Genomes links in hgTracks.c more consistent by including org, db, hgsid. (Galt)
• Mod to hgTracks.c -- always show the "hide all" button even if the track control display is turned off. (Hiram)
• Fixed broken EST link to NCBI Entrez in hgc.c. (Jim)
• Ongoing work on ENCODE DCC validator. (Larry)
• Modified featureBits to recognize compressed files with .Z or .bz2 extensions. (Mark)
• Changed setCurrentDir/getCurrentDir to abort on errors rather than return a status, which fixed many cases where status was not checked. (Mark)
• Initial mods for implementing composite tracks. (Tim)
• Ongoing work on instinct. (Zack)

Data changes:

• Added hg18 snp129 core tables, hg17 kiddEichlerValid. (Angie)
• Work on ce6, caeJap1 browsers. (Hiram)
• Ongoing work on transMap for many assemblies. (Mark)
• Ongoing work on cavPor3 comparative tracks. (Tim)