[Bioc-devel] Changing the name of a package

[Dan Tenenbaum]

----- 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: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 5:57:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [Bioc-devel] Changing the name of a package
> 
> Hi Dan,
> 
> This seems to have changed the name of the package in the subversion
> repository, and I can see the build reports - but the html page is
> still
> http://bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/html/riboSeq.html with
> the
> old versions on it, and biocLite won't install riboSeqR if I give it
> the
> devel repository. Is there something else I need to do to fix this?
> 

The renamed package is failing check:

http://www.bioconductor.org/checkResults/devel/bioc-LATEST/riboSeqR/zin1-checksrc.html

If you fix that, it should propagate.

Dan


> Thanks,
> 
> Tom
> 
> On 11/09/14 18:50, Dan Tenenbaum wrote:
> >
> > ----- 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
> >>>>
> >>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>> Bioc-devel at r-project.org mailing list
> >>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel
> >>>>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Dr. Thomas J. Hardcastle
> >>
> >> Department of Plant Sciences
> >> University of Cambridge
> >> Downing Street
> >> Cambridge, CB2 3EA
> >> United Kingdom
> >>
> >>
> 
> 
> --
> Dr. Thomas J. Hardcastle
> Senior Research Associate
> 
> Department of Plant Sciences
> University of Cambridge
> Downing Street
> Cambridge, CB2 3EA
> United Kingdom
> 
>