If I can through in another one to the wishlist: I also miss having access to the NEWS file on the BioC package pages, cf. CRAN package packages. /Henrik On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Kasper Daniel Hansen <kasperdanielhansen at="" gmail.com=""> wrote: > Dan > > There are by now quite a few packages that have detailed installation > instructions in a README file (or perhaps an INSTALL file). ?This is > typically caused by depending on external software that needs to be > installed. ?I believe it would be a worthwhile addition to the > webpages if they mirror README files. ?See for example Rgraphviz. ?In > addition it would be helpful if they mirror a ChangeLog/NEWS file, > CRAN already does that. > > It might be worthwhile talking to the CRAN people and see if you could > use common code...? > > Of course, this may be too much trouble, but I think it would be worth > it (which is easy to say when I am not doing the work :) > > Kasper > > On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 4:33 PM, cstrato <cstrato at="" aon.at=""> wrote: >> Dear Dan, dear Henrik, >> >> Thank you Henrik for your suggestion, this is a great idea. >> >> Thank you Dan for your suggestion to give more information on the >> DESCRIPTION file. At the moment I have decided to leave it as is. Next time >> I can point users to the current topic so that they are able to access the >> README file as Henrik has suggested. >> >> As a side note, since README is one of the mostly used files for almost >> everything, I was always wondering why R and/or Bioconductor does not force >> package developers to submit a README file with their packages. >> >> Best regards >> Christian >> >> >> On 11/22/10 11:07 PM, Dan Tenenbaum wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Henrik Bengtsson <hb at="" biostat.ucsf.edu="">>> <mailto:hb at="" biostat.ucsf.edu="">> wrote: >>> >>> ? ?Alternatively, grab the README file from the SVN server: >>> >>> >>> ?https://hedgehog.fhcrc.org/bioconductor/branches/RELEASE_2_7/madm an/Rpacks/xps/README >>> >>> ? ?Username and password as on >>> ? ?http://bioconductor.org/developers/source-control/ >>> >>> ? ?To BioC core: Since the username and pwd is already above, is it ok >>> ? ?post the URL with >>> ? ?https://<username>:<password>@hedgehog.fhcrc.org/.. >>> ? ?<http: hedgehog.fhcrc.org="" ..="">.? ?(Can imagine >>> ? ?that opens up for crawlers etc that you might not want to have in >>> ? ?there). >>> >>> >>> Thanks Henrik. >>> >>> To be safe, let's not put the full URL together, but by all means, we >>> can point out that our Subversion repository is accessible ?at : >>> >>> https://hedgehog.fhcrc.org/bioconductor/ >>> >>> ...with the username and password listed on: >>> >>> http://bioconductor.org/developers/source-control/ >>> (unless you have another username and password you got from us). >>> >>> >>> In other words: >>> https://username:password at hedgehog.fhcrc.org/bioconductor >>> >>> ...substituting the correct username and password. >>> >>> To find a given package, look here (for devel): >>> >>> >>> >>> https://hedgehog.fhcrc.org/bioconductor/branches/trunk/madman/Rpac ks/PACKAGE_NAME >>> >>> or, for release (currently 2.7), here: >>> >>> >>> https://hedgehog.fhcrc.org/bioconductor/branches/RELEASE_2_7/madma n/PACKAGE_NAME >>> >>> Thanks >>> Dan >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ? ?/Henrik >>> >>> ? ?On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 11:47 AM, cstrato <cstrato at="" aon.at="">>> ? ?<mailto:cstrato at="" aon.at="">> wrote: >>> ? ? > Dear Marcos, >>> ? ? > >>> ? ? > Please download the source code so that you have access to the >>> ? ?README file. >>> ? ? > Regards Christian >>> ? ? > >>> ? ? > >>> ? ? > Dear BioC maintainers, >>> ? ? > >>> ? ? > Since some users have asked me how to access the README file, >>> ? ?which explains >>> ? ? > how to install ROOT and xps but is currently only accessible when >>> ? ?xps is >>> ? ? > already installed or when you download the source code, my >>> ? ?question is: >>> ? ? > Would it be possible to make a link to the README file in the >>> ? ?Documentation >>> ? ? > section of the BioC packages analogously to the Vignettes? >>> ? ? > >>> ? ? > Thank you in advance >>> ? ? > Best regards >>> ? ? > Christian >>> ? ? > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ >>> ? ? > C.h.r.i.s.t.i.a.n ? S.t.r.a.t.o.w.a >>> ? ? > V.i.e.n.n.a ? ? ? ? ? A.u.s.t.r.i.a >>> ? ? > e.m.a.i.l: ? ? ? ?cstrato at aon.at <http: aon.at=""> >>> ? ? > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ >>> ? ? > >>> ? ? > >>> ? ? > On 11/22/10 8:18 PM, Marcos Pinho wrote: >>> ? ? >> >>> ? ? >> Dear List, >>> ? ? >> >>> ? ? >> could anybody help me with the installation and usage of the >>> ? ?package xps? >>> ? ? >> I >>> ? ? >> am trying to use the package, have downloaded and read all the info >>> ? ? >> material >>> ? ? >> and could not understand how the install ?ROOT and how to run it >>> ? ?with the >>> ? ? >> xps package. >>> ? ? >> >>> ? ? >> Any help would be greatly appreciated >>> ? ? >> >>> ? ? >> Cheers, >>> ? ? >> >>> ? ? >> >>> ? ? >> >>> ? ? >> >>> ? ? >> _______________________________________________ >>> ? ? >> Bioconductor mailing list >>> ? ? >> Bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch >>> ? ?<mailto:bioconductor at="" stat.math.ethz.ch=""> >>> ? ? >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor >>> ? ? >> Search the archives: >>> ? ? >> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor >>> ? ? > >>> ? ? > _______________________________________________ >>> ? ? > Bioconductor mailing list >>> ? ? > Bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch >>> ? ?<mailto:bioconductor at="" stat.math.ethz.ch=""> >>> ? ? > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor >>> ? ? > Search the archives: >>> ? ? > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor >>> ? ? > >>> >>> ? ?_______________________________________________ >>> ? ?Bioconductor mailing list >>> ? ?Bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch <mailto:bioconductor at="" stat.math.ethz.ch=""> >>> ? ?https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor >>> ? ?Search the archives: >>> ? ?http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bioconductor mailing list >> Bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor >> Search the archives: >> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor >> > > _______________________________________________ > Bioconductor mailing list > Bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor > Search the archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor >