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[Bioc-devel] BioC 2.0 deadline reminder

3 messages · Paul Shannon, Seth Falcon

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Seth Falcon
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Hello package maintainers,

This is a friendly reminder regarding the upcoming BioC 2.0 release.

1. According to the release schedule__, next Monday (April 16th) is
   the deadline for packages to pass R CMD check without errors.
   Please check the build report for your package.  The 16th is also
   the point when we ask you to refrain from API changes.

2. R 2.5.0 is now in beta.  Please upgrade and use it for all testing
   (the build system will be upgraded soon).

3. Remember to increment the version number of your package when you
   make changes in svn.  Also, consider reviewing the package version
   number policy:
   http://wiki.fhcrc.org/bioc/Version_Numbering_Standards

__ http://wiki.fhcrc.org/bioc/BioC_2.0_Release_Schedule

+ seth
Paul Shannon
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Hi Seth,

It looks like the gaggle package failes to check on OSX due to a build error
on graph.  I'll leave that one to you for now, if I may...

As for the check failures on Windows, it seems to be due to the absence
of rJava.  Is this something I can help with?  Have I somehow bungled
the dependency specification?

I believe we punted on the Solaris check failure on 2.4.  Are things stricter
this time around?

 - Paul
Seth Falcon
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Paul Shannon <pshannon at systemsbiology.org> writes:
Yep, we will try and get that sorted out.
No, gaggle/DESCRIPTION looks fine.  I think we just haven't had the
time to install rJava on Windows.  We will try and make that happen.
Short answer: no.

The idea is that packages that can be cross-platform should be.  We
would like package maintainers to take responsibility for making the
needed changes.  At the same time, we (all of us) have limited
resources and working on some platforms is better than none.

+ seth