generated test data for patch test database
database patched up to release 75

creation of a new genome_statistics table

checking total length, not ref

Added method count_all_by_biotype as in GeneAdaptor.

Deprecating the fetch_nearest_Gene_by_Feature() method. It is unreliable and a replacement is being developed

revisions to CliHelper to support dbs where no production name is set, and to improve default behaviour where single_species mode not specified. Also expanded test coverage to support this, adding the nameless and test_collection test dbs for this purpose

the addition of column 'source' to transcript table.

Add column source in a specific order so the table definition comparison between a patched db and current one succeeds

[ENSCORESW-767]. Made the number in ens-staging optional so we will pick up on the ens-staging alias

stable id lookup now also contains an archive_id_lookup table, which stores retired stable ids
also reduced the required memory
for release 74 and 66 species, it ran with less than 600Mb, no need to request 1.5G

switch to using the local as default. otherwise we cannot have a test passing until we have committed to version control