[Bioc-devel] Changing the name of a package

Dan Tenenbaum dtenenba at fhcrc.org
Thu Sep 11 19:50:45 CEST 2014



----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Hardcastle" <tjh48 at cam.ac.uk>
> To: "Dan Tenenbaum" <dtenenba at fhcrc.org>
> Cc: bioc-devel at r-project.org
> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 3:25:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [Bioc-devel] Changing the name of a package
> 
> Hi Dan,
> 
> Could you rename it to riboSeqR, please?
> 

OK, I've done this. I also changed the DESCRIPTION file so that riboSeqR is the value of the Package: field.

You should go through the remainder of the package and change the package name where appropriate.

Dan


> Thanks,
> 
> Tom
> 
> On 10/09/14 18:25, Dan Tenenbaum wrote:
> > Hi Thomas,
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Thomas J Hardcastle" <tjh48 at cam.ac.uk>
> >> To: bioc-devel at r-project.org
> >> Sent: Monday, September 8, 2014 5:19:09 PM
> >> Subject: [Bioc-devel] Changing the name of a package
> >>
> >> I have a package on the development build called riboSeq; my
> >> biological
> >> collaborators have since informed me that this name might cause
> >> confusion as this is also the standard name for particular
> >> sequencing
> >> techniques. Is it possible to easily change the name of this
> >> package?
> >>
> > This should not be a problem, since your package has not yet
> > undergone a release. Let me know what you want the new name to be
> > and I will rename the directory in svn and make sure that your svn
> > permissions apply to that new directory. Then you'll want to go
> > through the package and change its name throughout, most
> > importantly in the Package: field of the DESCRIPTION file.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> Tom Hardcastle
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Dr. Thomas J. Hardcastle
> >>
> >> Department of Plant Sciences
> >> University of Cambridge
> >> Downing Street
> >> Cambridge, CB2 3EA
> >> United Kingdom
> >>
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> 
> 
> --
> Dr. Thomas J. Hardcastle
> 
> Department of Plant Sciences
> University of Cambridge
> Downing Street
> Cambridge, CB2 3EA
> United Kingdom
> 
>



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