RELEASE_NOTES.rdoc in bio-1.5.0 vs RELEASE_NOTES.rdoc in bio-1.5.1

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@@ -1,5 +1,31 @@ += BioRuby 1.5.1 RELEASE NOTES + +Few changes have been made to the BioRuby 1.5.1 after the version 1.5.0 is +released. + +== NEWS + +=== HTTPS is used to access NCBI web services + +As you may know, NCBI announced that all HTTP resources will be switched +to HTTPS on September 30, 2016. To follow the transition, all URLs for +accessing NCBI E-utilities in BioRuby are changed to use HTTPS. + +In BioRuby, the following classes/modules are affected. + +* Bio::NCBI::REST and descending classes +* Bio::PubMed + +In some rare cases (especially when building Ruby and/or OpenSSL by yourself +from source code), Ruby does not include SSL/TLS support, or Ruby fails to +detect SSL root certificates. In such cases, you may need to reinstall or +upgrade Ruby, OpenSSL (or alternatives), and/or SSL root certificates with +appropriate configuration options. Alternatively, installing binary packages +is generally a good idea. + + = BioRuby 1.5.0 RELEASE NOTES A lot of changes have been made to the BioRuby 1.5.0 after the version 1.4.3 is released. This document describes important and/or incompatible changes since the BioRuby 1.4.3 release. @@ -19,18 +45,18 @@ === License is updated to the new Ruby's License BioRuby is distributed under the same license as Ruby's. In October 2011, Ruby's License was changed from a dual license with GPLv2 to a dual license -with 2-clause BSDL.available. Since BioRuby 1.5.0, we have updated to the +with 2-clause BSDL. Since BioRuby 1.5.0, we have updated to the new version of Ruby's License. For details about the license, see COPYING or COPYING.ja and BSDL. In addition, please do not forget to see LEGAL for exception files that are subjected to different licenses. === Semantic Versioning will be introduced We will adopt the Semantic Versioning since the next release version, which -will be BioRuby 1.5.1. This means that BioRuby 1.5.0 are NOT subject to the +will be BioRuby 1.5.1. This means that BioRuby 1.5.0 is NOT subject to the Semantic Versioning. == New features and improvements