I think I've found another problem in exploring possible workarounds,
1. Goto http://usegalaxy.org (or a local Galaxy running galaxy-dist or galaxy-central)
2. Import this GFF3 file, ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/genomes/Bacteria/Nanoarchaeum_equitans_Kin4_M_uid58009/NC_005213.gff
3. Click on the pencil for this dataset to "Edit Attributes"
4. Under "Convert to new format", "Convert GFF to Interval Index", convert
Expected result: New interval file
Actual result:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/pjcock/repositories/galaxy-central/lib/galaxy/datatypes/converters/gff_to_interval_index_converter.py", line 39, in main() File "/home/pjcock/repositories/galaxy-central/lib/galaxy/datatypes/converters/gff_to_interval_index_converter.py", line 26, in main for feature in list( reader_wrapper ): File "/home/pjcock/repositories/galaxy-central/lib/galaxy/datatypes/util/gff_util.py", line 213, in next group = interval.attributes.get( 'group', None ) AttributeError: 'Comment' object has no attribute 'attributes'
Fixed in galaxy-central changeset 3c7416baa157 Best, J.