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Remove support for GI numbers

Vermaat requested to merge remove-gi into master

The NCBI is phasing out the use of sequence GIs, so we have no other choice than to drop support for them.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/news/03-02-2016-phase-out-of-GI-numbers/

Fixes #349 (closed)

  • Drop column Reference.geninfo_identifier.
  • Remove GI numbers from retriever.
  • Remove GI numbers from cache sync.
  • Comment on using GIs with Entrez API in ncbi.py.
  • Error message when trying to use GIs.
  • Remove all use of GIs from tests.
  • Remove all remaining use of GIs.

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