[Bioc-devel] RSS package feeds not updated

[Dan Tenenbaum]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephanie M. Gogarten" <sdmorris at u.washington.edu>
> To: bioc-devel at r-project.org, "Dan Tenenbaum" <dtenenba at fredhutch.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 4:19:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [Bioc-devel] RSS package feeds not updated
> 
> 
> 
> On 12/2/14 8:17 AM, Dan Tenenbaum wrote:
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Julian Gehring" <julian.gehring at embl.de>
> >> To: bioc-devel at r-project.org
> >> Cc: "Felix Klein" <fklein at embl.de>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 2:19:01 AM
> >> Subject: [Bioc-devel] RSS package feeds not updated
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> some/many of the package build RSS feeds [1] don't receive
> >> updates.
> >>   For
> >> example,
> >>
> >>    http://bioconductor.org/rss/build/packages/DESeq2.rss (from
> >>    2014-11-04)
> >>
> >>    http://bioconductor.org/rss/build/packages/BiocInstaller.rss
> >>    (from
> >>    2014-10-15)
> >>
> >> report package builds as broken, although the current builds are
> >> fine.
> >>
> >> In contrast,
> >>
> >>    http://bioconductor.org/rss/build/packages/GenomicRanges.rss
> >>
> >> was recently updated (2014-12-01) and also contains the build
> >> report
> >> of
> >> both the devel and release branch (the broken ones listed above
> >> don't).
> >>
> >> Most of the packages that I checked manually seem to be
> >> outdated/broken
> >> - I guess there is a issue with the underlying feed system.
> >>
> >
> > Thanks for the report. I've had a look. I've changed the system so
> > it doesn't try to be smart about not updating feeds for packages
> > that do not have issues.
> > This means all package feeds will be updated daily, whether there
> > is an issue or not. Not sure if this will be annoying to feed
> > users; we can revisit it if it's an issue.
> 
> I have to say, I liked the old system better.  I have a feed for each
> of
> my packages in the bottom of my email program, so I could see at a
> glance if there was a problem with one of the packages (new message
> in
> the feed).  Failure messages are a lot more noticeable if they're not
> buried among lots of "nothing to see here" messages.

OK, I will re-re-visit this and see what can be done.
Dan


> 
> Stephanie
> 
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dan
> >
> >
> >
> >> Best
> >> Julian
> >>
> >>
> >> [1] http://bioconductor.org/developers/rss-feeds/
> >>
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