NEWS

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BSgenome 1.74.0

• No significant changes in this version.

BSgenome 1.72.0

SIGNIFICANT USER-VISIBLE CHANGES

• The vignette documenting the seed-based forging process has moved to the BSgenomeForge package. This vignette used to be called the "BSgenomeForge vignette" but it has now be renamed the "Advanced BSgenomeForge usage" vignette.
• All the tools related to the seed-based forging process and used by the "Advanced BSgenomeForge usage" vignette are now in the BSgenomeForge package.

BSgenome 1.28.0

NEW FEATURES

• Add seqnames() setter for BSgenome objects so users can rename the single sequences in those objects. This has been a popular user request for a while.

SIGNIFICANT USER-VISIBLE CHANGES

• Add sanity check to "getSeq" method for BSgenome objects, raising an error if the supplied BSgenome and GRanges objects are based on incompatible reference genomes.

MISCELLANEOUS

• Started the NEWS file (this file).