Developers -- We are implementing an 'end-of-life' policy for Bioconductor packages, with the current version at http://bioconductor.org/developers/package-end-of-life/ We hope the policy helps to maintain a high-quality repository of actively maintained packages. Keeping a package alive is not too onerous; the package needs to build across platforms (with limited exceptions) and the maintainer needs to be responsive to maintenance and support queries. Inasmuch as possible package end-of-life will involve a 'Deprecation' phase lasting a release cycle, so that developers and users have a chance to make changes to their own packages and work flows. Feedback is of course always welcome. Best, Martin Morgan Bioconductor
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