\name{annotate-NEWS} \title{annotate News} \section{CHANGES IN VERSION 1.47}{ \subsection{DEFUNCT}{ \itemize{ \item \code{probesByLL} is now defunct; use \code{AnnotationDbi::select()} instead. \item \code{blastSequences} supports multiple sequence queries; use \code{as="data.frame"} for output. \item Improve \code{blastSequences} strategy for result retrieval, querying the appropriate API for status every 10 seconds after initial estimated processing time. } } } \section{CHANGES IN VERSION 1.43}{ \subsection{NEW FEATURES}{ \itemize{ \item \code{blastSequences} accepts an argument \code{timeout} limiting waiting time for a response; in an interactive session and after the timeout is reached, the user may opt to retry the query. \item \code{blastSequences} accepts an argument \code{as} controlling the representation of the return value, either a DNAMultipleAlignment, a data.frame, or the XML. } } }