Re: [Bioc-devel] CRAN package with Bioconductor dependencies

2015-03-05 Thread Gordon Brown
Hi, Hervé, Hi, Bioc-devel folks, Is there an accepted way to migrate a package from CRAN to BioC? CRAN's policy says, "The package�s license must give the right for CRAN to distribute the package in perpetuity."... Is it enough to request that CRAN archive the package, then submit it as a n

Re: [Bioc-devel] CRAN package with Bioconductor dependencies

2015-03-04 Thread Hervé Pagès
Hi Gordon, On 03/04/2015 02:12 PM, Gordon Brown wrote: Hi, Hi, Bioc-devel folks, Is there an accepted way to migrate a package from CRAN to BioC? CRAN's policy says, "The package�s license must give the right for CRAN to distribute the package in perpetuity."... Is it enough to request tha

Re: [Bioc-devel] CRAN package with Bioconductor dependencies

2015-03-04 Thread Henrik Bengtsson
On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 1:27 PM, Laurent Gatto wrote: > > On 3 March 2015 06:07, Henrik Bengtsson wrote: > >> Not that long ago DESCRIPTION field 'Additional_repositories' was >> introduced which the purpose of providing references to non-mainstream >> package repositories, e.g. R-Forge. Interest

Re: [Bioc-devel] CRAN package with Bioconductor dependencies

2015-03-04 Thread Gordon Brown
Hi, > > Hi, Bioc-devel folks, > > > > Is there an accepted way to migrate a package from CRAN to BioC? > > CRAN's policy says, "The package�s license must give the right for > > CRAN to distribute the package in perpetuity."... > > > > Is it enough to request that CRAN archive the package, then s

Re: [Bioc-devel] CRAN package with Bioconductor dependencies

2015-03-04 Thread Laurent Gatto
On 3 March 2015 06:07, Henrik Bengtsson wrote: > Not that long ago DESCRIPTION field 'Additional_repositories' was > introduced which the purpose of providing references to non-mainstream > package repositories, e.g. R-Forge. Interestingly, by "mainstream" > they mean CRAN and Bioconductor. Th

Re: [Bioc-devel] CRAN package with Bioconductor dependencies

2015-03-04 Thread Dan Tenenbaum
- Original Message - > From: "Gordon Brown" > To: bioc-devel@r-project.org > Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 3:30:35 AM > Subject: Re: [Bioc-devel] CRAN package with Bioconductor dependencies > > Hi, Bioc-devel folks, > > Is there an accepted way to m

Re: [Bioc-devel] CRAN package with Bioconductor dependencies

2015-03-04 Thread Gordon Brown
Hi, Bioc-devel folks, Is there an accepted way to migrate a package from CRAN to BioC? CRAN's policy says, "The package�s license must give the right for CRAN to distribute the package in perpetuity."... Is it enough to request that CRAN archive the package, then submit it as a new package to

Re: [Bioc-devel] CRAN package with Bioconductor dependencies

2015-03-02 Thread Henrik Bengtsson
Not that long ago DESCRIPTION field 'Additional_repositories' was introduced which the purpose of providing references to non-mainstream package repositories, e.g. R-Forge. Interestingly, by "mainstream" they mean CRAN and Bioconductor. The 'Additional_repositories' field is also enforced for CRA

Re: [Bioc-devel] CRAN package with Bioconductor dependencies

2015-03-02 Thread Laurent Gatto
Thank you all for your answers. Laurent On 2 March 2015 23:27, Martin Morgan wrote: > On 03/02/2015 03:18 PM, Laurent Gatto wrote: >> >> Dear all, >> >> >> I had never realised that CRAN packages that depended on Bioc packages >> could actually not be installed with install.packages without se

Re: [Bioc-devel] CRAN package with Bioconductor dependencies

2015-03-02 Thread Hervé Pagès
Hi Laurent, On 03/02/2015 03:18 PM, Laurent Gatto wrote: Dear all, I had never realised that CRAN packages that depended on Bioc packages could actually not be installed with install.packages without setting a repo or using BiocInstaller::bioLite. Here is an example using a fresh R installati

Re: [Bioc-devel] CRAN package with Bioconductor dependencies

2015-03-02 Thread Martin Morgan
On 03/02/2015 03:22 PM, Ryan C. Thompson wrote: I thought CRAN packages weren't allowed to depend on Bioconductor packages for exactly this reason. CRAN packages can and do depend on Bioconductor packages. The different versioning schemes use by CRAN and by Bioconductor can lead to confusion,

Re: [Bioc-devel] CRAN package with Bioconductor dependencies

2015-03-02 Thread Gabe Becker
Even if it is allowed, what is the reasoning behind not simply putting the package in Bioconductor? It seems like a fair bit of pain for very little benefit. ~G On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Ryan C. Thompson wrote: > I thought CRAN packages weren't allowed to depend on Bioconductor packages >

Re: [Bioc-devel] CRAN package with Bioconductor dependencies

2015-03-02 Thread Martin Morgan
On 03/02/2015 03:18 PM, Laurent Gatto wrote: Dear all, I had never realised that CRAN packages that depended on Bioc packages could actually not be installed with install.packages without setting a repo or using BiocInstaller::bioLite. Here is an example using a fresh R installation http:/

Re: [Bioc-devel] CRAN package with Bioconductor dependencies

2015-03-02 Thread Ryan C. Thompson
I thought CRAN packages weren't allowed to depend on Bioconductor packages for exactly this reason. On 03/02/2015 03:18 PM, Laurent Gatto wrote: Dear all, I had never realised that CRAN packages that depended on Bioc packages could actually not be installed with install.packages without setti

[Bioc-devel] CRAN package with Bioconductor dependencies

2015-03-02 Thread Laurent Gatto
Dear all, I had never realised that CRAN packages that depended on Bioc packages could actually not be installed with install.packages without setting a repo or using BiocInstaller::bioLite. Here is an example using a fresh R installation http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/MSeasy/index.ht