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Re: PDBx dictionary in Debian [Was: Re: Bug#974973: ITP: libcifpp -- A library for creating and manipulating mmCIF and PDB files containing macro molecular structure information]



Hi Andreas,

On 2020-11-17 18:44, Andreas Tille wrote:
> I admit I have heard the first time about mmcif_pdbx dictionary files
> but from what I've read /var/cache sounds a sensible place.  If its
> just a warning (what exact wording is used - could you give a full
> output of `lintian -i` ? ) I would probably override this.

Are you aware of other scientific Debian packages that store stuff under
/var/cache and keep updating them from time to time over the network?
Maybe we can take them for example when dealing with mmcif_pdbx
dictionaries.

> I do not think that we should try to compete with our very specific
> low-popcon stuff with tzdata.  We have to find a low maintenance
> solution.

Sure!

Best,
Andrius


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