The previous release is completely frozen though. On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Dan Tenenbaum <dtene...@fredhutch.org> wrote:
> 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 > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel
