The main reason for packages to change in release is because of bug fixes, also documentation enhancements.
You should not expect the versions in release to be frozen. Dan ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bernd Klaus" <bernd.kl...@embl.de> > To: "Stefano Berri" <sbe...@illumina.com>, "bioc-devel" > <bioc-devel@r-project.org> > Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2016 3:48:21 AM > Subject: Re: [Bioc-devel] Noticed change of version for some packages in BioC > 3.2 > Hi Stefano, > > developers are not supposed to change the package fundamentally in the > release branch, however small fixes are allowed to be back-ported and > marked by a bump of the last digit: > > http://bioconductor.org/developers/how-to/version-numbering/ > > (E.g. fixing typos in the vignette or updating the citation > information) > As far as I know, only the url > > > http://bioconductor.org/pckages/<packageName> > > is stable. > > > Best wishes, > > Bernd > > > > itefano wrote: >> Hi. >> >> Maybe I am getting something wrong, but I am pretty sure I noticed >> the change of package version for some Bioconductor packages in 3.2 >> >> In particular >> >> - IRanges_2.4.6.tar.gz \ >> + IRanges_2.4.8.tar.gz \ >> - Biostrings_2.38.3.tar.gz \ >> + Biostrings_2.38.4.tar.gz \ >> - rtracklayer_1.30.1.tar.gz \ >> + rtracklayer_1.30.2.tar.gz \ >> - GenomicFeatures_1.22.12.tar.gz \ >> + GenomicFeatures_1.22.13.tar.gz \ >> >> where [-] indicates what it used to work, [+] what it works right >> now. >> >> For instance, url >> http://bioconductor.org/packages/3.2/bioc/src/contrib/IRanges_2.4.6.t >> ar.gz >> >> worked a month ago but now it doesn't anymore and url >> http://bioconductor.org/packages/3.2/bioc/src/contrib/IRanges_2.4.8.t >> ar.gz >> >> works instead >> >> I thought that once the package collection have been released (3.2 >> was released in October) that is frozen forever and changes only >> happen in the development release. >> >> Am I missing something or got something wrong? At what point urls are >> considered stable? >> >> Thank you very much >> >> Best wishes >> >> Stefano >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel > > _______________________________________________ > Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel _______________________________________________ Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel
