[Bioc-devel] svn and package version numbers

So this thread is good for my follow up question.

I am setting up a Windows box to test/fix bumphunter (newest version 1.1.7)
which has been broken (R CMD check) for a while, especially on Windows.

This page (bottom)
  http://bioconductor.org/packages/2.13/bioc/html/bumphunter.html
suggests that the latest binary version for Windows is 1.1.0 which is also
probably the last time it build and checked properly.  So this all reflects
my expectations of not being able to get a binary version newer than 1.1.0

However, when I install R-3.0.1 under windows, source biocLite and do
useDevel(TRUE) (getting BiocInstaller version 1.11.3) and then do
  biocLite("bumphunter")
I get version 1.1.7. Why?  I am asking for binary versions and nor source.

Best,
Kasper


On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 8:55 PM, Dan Tenenbaum <dtenenba at fhcrc.org> wrote:

On Sunday, June 30, 2013, Kasper Daniel Hansen
<kasperdanielhansen at gmail.com> wrote:

Doesn't this mean that the issue Wolfgang discusses only arises when
people install from subversion?

Yes.

Dan

Kasper

On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Martin Morgan <mtmorgan at fhcrc.org>
wrote:

On 06/30/2013 03:32 PM, Dan Tenenbaum wrote:

On Jun 30, 2013 12:43 PM, "Kasper Daniel Hansen" <
kasperdanielhansen at gmail.com> wrote:

Also, as far as I understand, the package does not get build using
the new
commit, if it has already been build with that version number before.

The package is built but not propagated to the web/repository. This
"feature" allows developers to check that their changes get built by
the

It's more a safety measure -- if the developer FORGETS to bump, then at
least we are not distributing two implementations under the same version
number.

As Wolfgang says, version numbers are free so no need to hold back on
their use.

Martin

build system, but yes, once you're satisfied that things work, you
should
bump the version number to propagate the package and avoid the
confusion
Wolfgang describes.

Dan

Best,
Kasper


On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 3:12 AM, Wolfgang Huber <whuber at embl.de>
wrote:

Hi All,

just a reminder that it is good practice to bump up the package
version
when you commit a change to a package's source, even if you consider
it
'trivial'. Version numbers are free, while the confusion ensuing
from

there

being different versions of the software with ostensibly the same

version

can waste a great deal of someone's time.

Dan / Bioc-Core team: would it be good to mention this somewhere on
http://bioconductor.org/developers/source-control ?

Best wishes
         Wolfgang

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