*Galaxy November 14, 2012 Distribution & News Brief <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/News/2012_11_14_DistributionNewsBrief>* * Complete News Brief <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/DevNewsBriefs/2012_11_14> * *Highlights:* * *NGS: Picard (beta)* have moved from the *Galaxy distribution <https://bitbucket.org/galaxy/galaxy-dist>* to the*Galaxy Main Tool Shed* <http://toolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu/>. * The *Galaxy Project* is now using /Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/> Python/ to document the *galaxy-central <http://galaxy-central.readthedocs.org>* and *galaxy-dist* <http://galaxy-dist.readthedocs.org> code base. * The *Intergalactic Utilities Commission* <http://wiki.g2.bx.psu.edu/ReviewingToolShedRepositories> will soon begin reviewing repositories in the *Galaxy Main Tool Shed <http://toolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu/>* (better repos, better tools) * *Tool Shed <http://toolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu/>* *"best practice"* advice: a single tool or a suite of tools per repository? <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/AToolOrASuitePerRepository> * *Tophat <http://tophat.cbcb.umd.edu/>*, *Tophat2 <http://tophat.cbcb.umd.edu/manual.html>*, and *Cuffdiff <http://cufflinks.cbcb.umd.edu/manual.html#cuffdiff>* *updated* to accept gene annotations in *GFF3 <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Learn/Datatypes#GFF3>* format. * Multiple *enhancements* to the *API* <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/DevNewsBriefs/2012_11_14#API>targeting user and history actions. * Plus *updates to* *CloudLaunch <http://usegalaxy.org/cloud>*, new *Security Fixes* <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/DevNewsBriefs/2012_11_14#Security_Fixes>, and several usability enhancements for *Datasets*, *Datatypes*, *Tools*, and *Tool Shed* functions. / http://getgalaxy.org/////// /http://bitbucket.org/galaxy/galaxy-dist/ /http://galaxy-dist.readthedocs.org/ new: $ hg clone http://www.bx.psu.edu/hg/galaxy galaxy-dist upgrade: $ hg pull -u -r 5dcbbdfe1087 *Thanks for using Galaxy!* Jennifer Jackson <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/JenniferJackson> & the Galaxy Team <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Galaxy%20Team> /http://galaxyproject.org/