v231-preview - 10 May 2010    (Pairings)

Code changes:

• Starting work on 32-bit color to support multiwigs. (Brian)
• ENCODE supporting utilities. (Bernard, Krish)
• Allow hgNear to handle special characters more gracefully. (Galt)
• Keeping the hg.conf example file up-to-date. (Hiram)
• Creating multiwig data type. (Jim)
• Changed 'subtrack' to 'parent' in all trackDb.ra files. (Jim)
• Removed all_mrna and all_est tracks from scaffold databases, since they will use mrna and est tracks instead. (Jim)
• Refactoring to split the trackDb.tableName field into separate track and table fields. (Jim)
• Working on holding metadata in a metaDb table instead of trackDb. (Tim)

Data changes:

• More ENCODE data (Brian, Cricket, Tim, Venkat)
• Added Neandertal tracks to hg18. (Angie)
• Human Proteins for felCat4. (Brian)
• 6-way Conservation track for felCat4. (Chin)
• Started work on sheep assembly (oviAri1). (Chin)
• Mapability tracks for hg18, hg19. (Rachel)
• Starting on an ENCODE regulatory track for hg18. (Jim)