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[Bioc-devel] package RBGL requires CRAN dependency on devel branch

There are no issues with depending on CRAN packages.

But I would advise caution. On one hand it is great that boost gets updated
regularly. On the other hand, it could lead to incompatibilities with RBGL
and then you have to update that package rapidly. Also - and this is
something we could consider addressing - the CRAN imports of Bioc are not
locked down. By which I mean, you release RBGL in Bioconductor X. After
release (or perhaps even after next Bioc release) BH is updated in a
non-backwards compatible way and now the old code is hosed. Having said
that, so far we have been ignoring it (I think) and the same issue arises
with Rcpp.

Do you have any idea how often Boost breaks compatibility?  I would
strongly advise to download the last couple of BH releases and test with
RBGL. While kind of irrelevant in some sense, it will give you an idea of
how fast Boost / BH evolves.

On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 8:03 AM Martin Morgan <mtmorgan.bioc at gmail.com>
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