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[Bioc-devel] Bioconductor Changelog?

8 messages · James W. MacDonald, Seth Falcon, cstrato +2 more

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cstrato
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Dear all,

Do you know what happened to the "Bioconductor Changelog"?
It was a great way to stay updated about the latest changes in the 
Bioconductor packages.

It seems that it is no longer updated, see:
http://fgc.lsi.umich.edu/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi

Is there an alternative possibility to see the latest changes in the 
Bioconductor packages?

Best regards
Christian
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Martin Morgan
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cstrato wrote:
server issues at umich (IIRC), with other obligations putting this at a
lower priority for us here in Seattle.
svn log -v https://hedgehog.fhcrc.org/bioconductor/trunk/madman/Rpacks \
   | less

perhaps (for those without an SVN account) with user name and password
'readonly' as described here

  http://wiki.fhcrc.org/bioc/SvnHowTo

Martin

  
    

      
      
    

  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

      James W. MacDonald
    

    

      
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Hi Christian,

        
cstrato wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
You are correct. I was maintaining the changelogs until late last year, 
but the server I was using is not under my control and is being used for 
other purposes that were having adverse effects on the changelog, so I 
asked the folks in Seattle to move it there.

Unfortunately, on a fun scale of 1:10, setting it up rates a -1, so I 
think it has taken a back seat to things like sweet new next-gen 
functions and such. And you are only the second person to mention that 
it is dormant.

But if an up-swelling of interest occurs, maybe Patrick (cough, slacker, 
cough) will get 'er done ;-D

            

      
      
      
    

        
Yes.

svn co https://hedgehog.fhcrc.org/bioconductor/trunk/madman/Rpacks

then each day (an example being tomorrow)

cd Rpacks
svn update
svn log -v -r {2010-01-15}:{2010-01-14} > svnlog_2010-01-15.txt

But yeah... that would not be fun. I used to parse that by hand every 
month and mail it to the list. That rates a -1e100 on a fun scale of 1:10.

Best,

Jim

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

        

  
    

      
      
    

  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

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On 1/14/10 2:11 PM, James W. MacDonald wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
Note that you do not need a local working copy to run the log command. 
Here's an example:


svn log -r{2010-01-13}:{2010-01-14} -v \
   https://hedgehog.fhcrc.org/bioconductor/trunk/madman/Rpacks

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      cstrato
    

    

      
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Dear Jim, dear Martin,

Thank you for your replies, I have just tested:
svn log -v https://hedgehog.fhcrc.org/bioconductor/trunk/madman/Rpacks | 
less
and in principle it works.

However, I must admit that it is not the same as Jim's really great 
Changelog, where you could not only browse around but also select a 
certain package and check all changes that were made.

It would be really great to see this web-site working again, and I 
assume that many other people were using it, too, and would be glad to 
have it again.

Maybe, even more people would use it if the official web-site for each 
package would not only have a link to the "Download Stats" (which is 
also great to have), but also a link to the "Bioconductor Changelog" for 
this package.

Best regards
Christian

        
James W. MacDonald wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

            

      
      
      
    

  
  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

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cstrato wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
add the package name to the end of the URL.

            

      
      
      
    

        
The link was removed from that location when the change log became out
of date (see the 2.3 release pages, for instance); in some ways a
package NEWS file is the appropriate location for end-user information
(though I realize that many packages don't provide a NEWS file, and that
facilities for accessing a NEWS file are not as convenient as one might
like).

Martin

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

            

      
      
      
    

        

  
    

      
      
    

  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

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Martin Morgan wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
Thank you, this works, although it is still not as convenient as the 
Changelog.

Best regards
Christian

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

            

      
      
      
    

  
  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

      Neumann, Steffen
    

    

      
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On Fri, 2010-01-15 at 23:48 +0100, cstrato wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
The old one could be integrated into your favourite RSS reader,
for example.

            

      
      
      
    

        
Is there an alternative to bloxsom that is less pain ?

            

      
      
      
    

        
Yes, I was the other one. Still hoping, though.

Yours,
Steffen