Re: [Bioc-devel] R version in Bioc packages (was Re: [BioC] Package \'jmosaics\' not found)

2013-05-21 Thread Dan Tenenbaum
On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Dan Tenenbaum wrote: > Hi Steffen, > > > > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Steffen Neumann > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Tue, 2013-05-21 at 11:47 -0400, James W. MacDonald wrote: >>> Not that I can recall. But I do agree that it is at minimum redundant >>> and proba

Re: [Bioc-devel] R version in Bioc packages (was Re: [BioC] Package \'jmosaics\' not found)

2013-05-21 Thread Dan Tenenbaum
Hi Steffen, On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Steffen Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, 2013-05-21 at 11:47 -0400, James W. MacDonald wrote: >> Not that I can recall. But I do agree that it is at minimum redundant >> and probably just wrong to have R-version requirements for BioC packages. > > I

Re: [Bioc-devel] R version in Bioc packages (was Re: [BioC] Package \'jmosaics\' not found)

2013-05-21 Thread Steffen Neumann
Hi, On Tue, 2013-05-21 at 11:47 -0400, James W. MacDonald wrote: > Not that I can recall. But I do agree that it is at minimum redundant > and probably just wrong to have R-version requirements for BioC packages. I'd like to disagree. BioC *promises* that stuff works together at a certain point

Re: [Bioc-devel] R version in Bioc packages (was Re: [BioC] Package \'jmosaics\' not found)

2013-05-21 Thread James W. MacDonald
Not that I can recall. But I do agree that it is at minimum redundant and probably just wrong to have R-version requirements for BioC packages. And seriously? 500 packages? I find that surprising. Best, Jim On 5/21/2013 11:38 AM, Martin Morgan wrote: Pulling this over to Bioc-devel. It's temp

[Bioc-devel] R version in Bioc packages (was Re: [BioC] Package \'jmosaics\' not found)

2013-05-21 Thread Martin Morgan
Pulling this over to Bioc-devel. It's tempting to strip this from the DESCRIPTION files of the ~500 packages that include it. It's not useful in the context of the Bioconductor release schedule, and makes a forward promise that cannot be guaranteed. Is this something that has come up before?