Is any new release planned?

[sndrtj]

Hello,

It's been a few years since the last BWA release. Since then there have been just a few commits to master, with at least one (at least, to me) significant bugfix in https://github.com/lh3/bwa/pull/232.

Is any new (bugfix) release planned for BWA for the foreseeable future?

Thanks :-)

[genomicsguy]

There are a number of posts out there in regard to the man in the middle security vulnerability identified in BWA (https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/663645/vulnerability-allowed-attackers-edit-patient-gene-sequence-records/). This one for example states "...notified developers before revealing the weakness this week. A patch has been issued to address the vulnerability and fixed in the latest release."

Given my group doesn't use the inbuilt commands to download the reference I think we are OK, but I am concerned as we use the software to help kids with rare disease. I can't seem to see where the new release is though.

[andersgs]

Looks like most of the development has shifted over to minimap2 and bwa-mem2.

Checkout: https://lh3.github.io/2018/04/02/minimap2-and-the-future-of-bwa

And: https://github.com/bwa-mem2/bwa-mem2