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diff --git a/academic/finchtv/README b/academic/finchtv/README index 73c987e6d8..97c1039339 100644 --- a/academic/finchtv/README +++ b/academic/finchtv/README @@ -1,15 +1,17 @@ FinchTV - A Brilliant Trace Viewer -Geospiza's FinchTV is the popular way to view DNA sequence traces. -FinchTV started as the only chromatogram viewer that can display an -entire trace in a scalable multi-pane view. And it leads the way with -raw data views, BLAST searching and the ability to reverse complement -sequences and traces. +FinchTV developed by Geospiza (acquired later by PerkinELmer) is the +popular way to view DNA sequence traces. FinchTV started as the only +chromatogram viewer that can display an entire trace in a scalable +multi-pane view. And it leads the way with raw data views, BLAST +searching and the ability to reverse complement sequences and traces. This is just repackaging of the ready i386 binary. It WILL work on a stock Slackware64 as well (no multilib needed). NOTE! -This program is free, but you should REGISTER in order to get it. -This means you have to use a web browser to download the "source" -tarball. +FinchTV has entered the End of Life phase, effective December 6, 2016 +and PerkinElmer will no longer provide support for FinchTV. The Linux +version is, in fact, over 10 years old. However, it offers a statically +linked executable that just works. The tarball, formerly provided by +upstream, is now hosted by the SlackBuild maintainer. diff --git a/academic/finchtv/finchtv.SlackBuild b/academic/finchtv/finchtv.SlackBuild index 09cad345ec..e94229af50 100644 --- a/academic/finchtv/finchtv.SlackBuild +++ b/academic/finchtv/finchtv.SlackBuild @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ # Slackware build script for finchtv -# Copyright 2015-2016 Petar Petrov slackalaxy@gmail.com +# Copyright 2015-2017 Petar Petrov slackalaxy@gmail.com # All rights reserved. # # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is diff --git a/academic/finchtv/finchtv.info b/academic/finchtv/finchtv.info index 12d23cc3d2..d2a1ab4fb0 100644 --- a/academic/finchtv/finchtv.info +++ b/academic/finchtv/finchtv.info @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ PRGNAM="finchtv" VERSION="1.3.1" -HOMEPAGE="http://www.geospiza.com/Products/finchtv.shtml" -DOWNLOAD="http://www.geospiza.com/Products/finchtvdlrequest.shtml" +HOMEPAGE="http://jblseqdat.bioc.cam.ac.uk/gnmweb/download/soft/FinchTV_1.4/doc/" +DOWNLOAD="https://sourceforge.net/projects/sboppetrov/files/finchtv/finchtv_1_3_1.tar.gz" MD5SUM="bafea0b08c5348cbe745d1a4857948a4" DOWNLOAD_x86_64="" MD5SUM_x86_64="" |