Re: [Rd] [BioC] enabling reproducible research R package management install.package.version BiocLite

2013-03-06 Thread Cook, Malcolm
-discuss...@listserv.stowers.org .Subject: RE: [Rd] [BioC] enabling . .reproducible research R package management . install.package.version BiocLite . . .I hate to ask what go this . thread started .but it sounds like someone was counting on .exact . numeric reproducibility

Re: [Rd] [BioC] enabling reproducible research R package management install.package.version BiocLite

2013-03-06 Thread Lapointe, David
PM .To: Cook, Malcolm .Cc: 'r-devel@r-project.org'; 'bioconduc...@r-project.org'; 'r-discuss...@listserv.stowers.org' .Subject: Re: [Rd] [BioC] enabling reproducible research R package management install.package.version BiocLite . .(More on the original question further below.) . .On 13

Re: [Rd] [BioC] enabling reproducible research R package management install.package.version BiocLite

2013-03-06 Thread Tim Triche, Jr.
-project.org'; ' r-discuss...@listserv.stowers.org' . .Subject: Re: [Rd] [BioC] enabling reproducible research R package management install.package.version BiocLite . . .(More on the original question further below.) . . .On 13-03-05 09:48 AM, Cook, Malcolm wrote: . . All, . . . . What

Re: [Rd] [BioC] enabling reproducible research R package management install.package.version BiocLite

2013-03-05 Thread Aaron Mackey
On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Cook, Malcolm m...@stowers.org wrote: * where do the dragons lurk webs of interconnected dynamically loaded libraries, identical versions of R compiled with different BLAS/LAPACK options, etc. Go with the VM if you really, truly, want this level of exact

Re: [Rd] [BioC] enabling reproducible research R package management install.package.version BiocLite

2013-03-05 Thread Mike Marchywka
-project.org; r-discuss...@listserv.stowers.org Subject: Re: [Rd] [BioC] enabling reproducible research R package management install.package.version BiocLite On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Cook, Malcolm m...@stowers.org wrote: * where do the dragons lurk webs of interconnected

Re: [Rd] [BioC] enabling reproducible research R package management install.package.version BiocLite

2013-03-05 Thread Cook, Malcolm
. * where do the dragons lurk . . . webs of interconnected dynamically loaded libraries, identical versions of . R compiled with different BLAS/LAPACK options, etc. Go with the VM if you . really, truly, want this level of exact reproducibility. . . Sounds like the best bet -- maybe tools

Re: [Rd] [BioC] enabling reproducible research R package management install.package.version BiocLite

2013-03-05 Thread Dr Gregory Jefferis
On 5 Mar 2013, at 14:36, Cook, Malcolm wrote: So, even if I wanted to go where dragons lurked, it would not be possible to cobble a version of biocLite that installed specific versions of software. Thus, I might rather consider an approach that at 'publish' time tarzips up a copy of the R

Re: [Rd] [BioC] enabling reproducible research R package management install.package.version BiocLite

2013-03-05 Thread Cook, Malcolm
-project.org; r-discuss...@listserv.stowers.org .Subject: RE: [Rd] [BioC] enabling reproducible research R package management install.package.version BiocLite . . .I hate to ask what go this thread started but it sounds like someone was counting on .exact numeric reproducibility or was there a bug

Re: [Rd] [BioC] enabling reproducible research R package management install.package.version BiocLite

2013-03-05 Thread Geoff Jentry
On Tue, 5 Mar 2013, Cook, Malcolm wrote: Thus, I might rather consider an approach that at 'publish' time tarzips up a copy of the R package dependencies based on a config file defined from sessionInfo and caches it in the project directory. If you had a separate environment for every

Re: [Rd] [BioC] enabling reproducible research R package management install.package.version BiocLite

2013-03-05 Thread Cook, Malcolm
. So, even if I wanted to go where dragons lurked, it would not be . possible to cobble a version of biocLite that installed specific . versions of software. . . Thus, I might rather consider an approach that at 'publish' time . tarzips up a copy of the R package dependencies based on a

Re: [Rd] [BioC] enabling reproducible research R package management install.package.version BiocLite

2013-03-05 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
One comment: I have found numerical changes due to updates to the OS's compilers or runtime at least as often as I have been by changes in R or packages when trying to reproduce results from a year or two back. That aspect is rarely mentioned in these discussions. On 05/03/2013 15:09, Cook,

Re: [Rd] [BioC] enabling reproducible research R package management install.package.version BiocLite

2013-03-05 Thread Paul Gilbert
; bioconduc...@r-project.org; r-discuss...@listserv.stowers.org . Subject: Re: [Rd] [BioC] enabling reproducible research R package management install.package.version BiocLite . . On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Cook, Malcolm m...@stowers.org wrote: . . * where do the dragons lurk . . . webs

Re: [Rd] [BioC] enabling reproducible research R package management install.package.version BiocLite

2013-03-05 Thread Steve Lianoglou
Hi Paul, You outline some great suggestions! I just wanted to point that in this case: On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Paul Gilbert pgilbert...@gmail.com wrote: [snip] Regarding NFS mounts, it is relatively robust. There can be occasional problems, especially for users that have a habit of

Re: [Rd] [BioC] enabling reproducible research R package management install.package.version BiocLite

2013-03-05 Thread Cook, Malcolm
.To: Cook, Malcolm .Cc: 'r-devel@r-project.org'; 'bioconduc...@r-project.org'; 'r-discuss...@listserv.stowers.org' .Subject: Re: [Rd] [BioC] enabling reproducible research R package management install.package.version BiocLite . .(More on the original question further below.) . .On 13-03

Re: [Rd] [BioC] enabling reproducible research R package management install.package.version BiocLite

2013-03-04 Thread Steve Lianoglou
On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Aaron Mackey amac...@virginia.edu wrote: On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Cook, Malcolm m...@stowers.org wrote: * where do the dragons lurk webs of interconnected dynamically loaded libraries, identical versions of R compiled with different BLAS/LAPACK