[Bioc-devel] stale link to reposTools in BioC FAQ?

[James W. MacDonald]

Hi Steven,

reposTools is now defunct (see #5):

Packages in 1.8 that didn't make it to 1.9
==========================================

1. exprExternal (depends on externalVector)
2. externalVector (unable to pass check)
3. goCluster (removed at maintainer request)
4. MiPP (unable to pass check)
5. reposTools (defunct)
6. rfcdmin (moved to experiment data repository)
7. RLMM (version < 0.99.0)
8. SNAData (moved to experiment data repository)
9. y2hStat (defunct, replaced by more general ppiStats)

The functionality that allowed for downloading depencies was moved to 
install.packages(), so this package was no longer needed. For instance, 
biocLite() is really just a wrapper that figures out which version of R 
you are using, so it can feed the correct repository information to 
install.packages().

Best,

Jim



Steven McKinney wrote:
> Where has reposTools web page moved to?
> 
> I just attempted to review reposTools
> while browsing the BioC FAQ
> 
> http://www.bioconductor.org/docs/faq/
> 
> reposTools 	Tools for dealing with file repositories and allow users to easily install, update, and distribute packages, vignettes, and other files.
> 
> Clicking on the reposTools link (linked to the following URL)
> http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/bioc/stable/src/contrib/html/reposTools.html
> 
> yields
> 
> Object not found!
> 
> The requested URL was not found on this server. The link on the referring page seems to be wrong or outdated. Please inform the author of that page about the error.
> 
> If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
> Error 404
> www.bioconductor.org
> Wed Nov 8 12:32:25 2006
> Apache/2.0.49 (Linux/SuSE) 
> 
> 
> 
> Any info appreciated.
> 
> 
> Steven McKinney
> 
> Statistician
> Molecular Oncology and Breast Cancer Program
> British Columbia Cancer Research Centre
> 
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> 
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> 
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University of Michigan Cancer Center
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