[Bioc-devel] Maintainer change Bioconductor packages

Hi,

I think this might be possible to try.

So the maintainer email again has to be changed from your end on the DESCRIPTION file.

As far as access goes, I can add gene-expression at ebi.ac.uk<mailto:gene-expression at ebi.ac.uk>, on the BiocCredentials system. You?ll have to activate the account and add SSH keys.

gene-expression at ebi.ac.uk<mailto:gene-expression at ebi.ac.uk> will also have to follow all the protocols of a maintainer, so someone will have to actively monitor it and subscribe to bioc-devel at r-project.org<mailto:bioc-devel at r-project.org> mailing list.

Best,

Nitesh


From: Pablo Moreno <pmoreno at ebi.ac.uk>
Date: Sunday, May 9, 2021 at 10:32 PM
To: Nitesh Turaga <nturaga.bioc at gmail.com>
Cc: Suhaib Mohammed <suhaib at ebi.ac.uk>, maintainer at bioconductor.org <maintainer at bioconductor.org>, bioc-devel at r-project.org <bioc-devel at r-project.org>, gene-expression at ebi.ac.uk <gene-expression at ebi.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Maintainer change Bioconductor packages
Dear Nitesh,

I think that in the rush of Suhaib leaving, we didn?t finalise this process.

Is it acceptable to have a group email/account as maintainer? We would have gene-expression at ebi.ac.uk, which email gets to all the Expression Atlas team members. Then we wouldn?t need to repeat the process if any of us leaves.

Thanks,
Pablo

On 28 Jan 2021, at 18:27, Nitesh Turaga <nturaga.bioc at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Suhaib,

You are correct, the maintainer needs to be changed if you are unable to maintain the package further. You need to nominate another maintainer for the packages you listed.

Once the new maintainer steps in,

1. Change the Maintainer or Authors at R field in the DESCRIPTION file of the package to reflect the change.

2. Maintainer has to have a BiocCredentials account.

3. Maintainer has to be subscripted to bioc-devel at r-project.org mailing list.

Best,

Nitesh


?On 1/28/21, 7:00 AM, "Suhaib Mohammed" <suhaib at ebi.ac.uk> wrote:

   To whom ever it may concern,

   I have been maintaining the Bioconductor R packages (ExpressionAtlas and
   ArrayExpress) of Gene Expression Atlas team at the EMBL-EBI. As I will
   be leaving EBI, I understand the maintainer needs to be changed. Could
   you point to the procedure for changing the maintainer ?

   Expression Atlas -
   https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/ExpressionAtlas.html
   Array Express -
   https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/ArrayExpress.html

   Many thanks,
   Suhaib

   --
   Suhaib Mohammed, Ph.D.
   Senior Bioinformatician
   European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)
   European Molecular Biology Laboratory
   Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
   Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD
   United Kingdom
   tel : +44-1223494296
   email: suhaib at ebi.ac.uk