[Bioc-devel] Committing changes to the release branch

Patrick, i tried now with username and password and it works smoothly,
i must have been using the readonly user and password by default. sorry
for bothering about this issue again, and thanks for your help!

robert.

On 5/3/10 8:59 PM, Patrick Aboyoun wrote:

Robert,
I double-checked the svn authorization file and the BioC 2.6 qpgraph 
properties are properly specified and you are granted read/write 
permission. Could you perform the checkout using --username and 
--password with your username and password to ensure you are using the 
right account information? Other developers have been able to check 
into the BioC 2.6 branch, so this doesn't appear to be a global issue 
anymore.


Patrick


On 5/3/10 3:35 AM, Robert Castelo wrote:

hi Patrick,

i was trying this morning also to update the main help page of my
package at the release branch and got this error:


svn: Commit failed (details follow):
svn: CHECKOUT of '/bioconductor/!
svn/ver/46404/branches/RELEASE_2_6/madman/Rpacks/qpgraph/DESCRIPTION':
403 Forbidden  (https://hedgehog.fhcrc.org)

the preceeding checkout command was:

svn co
https://hedgehog.fhcrc.org/bioconductor/branches/RELEASE_2_6/madman/Rpacks/qpgraph 


after which i modified the main help page of the package, the
DESCRIPTION and the NEWS file and then i tried the checkin.

i'm sorry if i missed anything from the previous discussion but i
understood that i should be able to checkin change in the release :-?

cheers,
robert.

On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 09:29 -0700, Patrick Aboyoun wrote:

I was looking into this issue and found it was a typo that was
propagated throughout the svn permissions file. Please try committing
your changes to the BioC 2.6 branch again. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Cheers,
Patrick


On 4/29/10 6:55 AM, Seth Falcon wrote:

Hi,

First, we will investigate the svn permission issues this morning and
things going again.

On 4/29/10 6:34 AM, Kasper Daniel Hansen wrote:

At this point I would like to highlight the final step on the Bioc
HOWTO for updating the release branch:

"Send a mail to the main bioconductor email list to announce the 
new version."

It seems almost no-one - including the Biocore team - follows this.
Should this requirement be removed (I don't think so personally, but
since it is not adhered to, there is not much point in having it)?

This doesn't strike me as a very fair assessment.  In many cases,
changes are initiated due to discussion on the list and these threads
are often resolved with a "fixed in release and devel available in
36hrs" sort of message.

In any case, sending an email to the Bioconductor list to announce
changes to release packages seems like a useful idea.  I would 
encourage
folks to follow it.

+ seth