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Discuss: gzip PDB files where we can

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Description

Recently we added a PDB file to our test data that we couldn't import from the RSCB website (I'm not sure why that would be, but separate issue).

In any case, that file is only used to be loaded into an MDAnalysis universe, which reads gzipped files naturally. Indeed a lot of our stack can actually handle this (or if it doesn't, it should!).

This issue is to discuss us always trying to gzip PDB files (and other data files), when storing them (anywhere, either in the repo or zenodo, etc...).

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Review how PDB and other data files are currently stored and loaded, check which parts of the stack support gzip, and define a repository- and Zenodo-wide policy with representative validation before proposing the change.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
data
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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