Galaxy Feb 8, 2013 Distribution & News Brief http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/News/2013_02_08_GalaxyNewsBrief

*Complete News Brief http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/DevNewsBriefs/2013_02_08 *

*Highlights:*

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/Improvements/ to our release process http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/DevNewsBriefs/2013_02_08#Improvements_to_Release_Process. *Release tag must be used in the hg update command to upgrade*. More at *usegalaxy.org http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Admin/Get%20Galaxy*.

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Tool Shed /Complex repository dependencies/ http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/DefiningRepositoryDependencies#Complex_repository_dependencies:_tool_dependency_definitions_that_contain_repository_dependency_definitions are introduced, streamlining core dependency use across individual tools.

* Also updated in the Tool Shed: multiple repository installation, dependency installation (when defined), and many usability enhancements and fixes. *

New /Bedgraph-to-bigwig/ http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Learn/Datatypes#BedGraph tool plus /Filter/ tool updated.

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/Workflows/ now include option to export an image and the core /Framework/ now allows more unified reference genome usage and access.

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/Ten Community Pull-Requests/ incorporated, plus another contribution to the tool Shed, addressing general usability, API, tools, error handling, workflows, and more. Thanks!!

* Review highlights from the latest monthly */Galaxy Update/* http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates newsletter and Galaxy Project Stats http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Galaxy%20Project/Statistics!

* Plus bug fixes and related enhancements for visualizations, histories, workflows, and tools.

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*http://galaxy-dist.readthedocs.org *

new: $ hg clone http://www.bx.psu.edu/hg/galaxy galaxy-dist

upgrade: $ hg pull $ hg update release_2013.02.08

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