[Bioc-devel] Short URLs for packages?

[Fischer, Bernd]

The cited htaccess rule just links the release version of the package. Since
this would already be an improvement, it is not sufficient for links in papers.

During the production process of the paper we want to link to the accompanying
BioC package that is in devel, but not yet in release. Before the first release, the
link (e.g. www.bioconductor.org/<packagename>) should go to the devel version
(maybe with an additional warning that it is only available in devel), before the 
first release of the package and should go to release afterwards.

Bernd


> On 23.03.2015, at 11:45, Sean Davis <seandavi at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Just so we don't lose the thoughts that have come before, here is a link to
> a similar proposal from last year.
> 
> https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/bioc-devel/2014-February/005292.html
> 
> Sean
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 6:17 AM, Wolfgang Huber <whuber at embl.de> wrote:
> 
>> I wonder whether it’d possible to have the website understand URLs like
>>        http://www.bioconductor.org/<pkgname>
>> 
>> This could resolve to
>> http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/<pkgname>.html
>> or
>> http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/html/<pkgname>.html
>> depending on whether the package was yet released.
>> 
>> This could be handy in papers or grants that mention packages.
>> 
>> Wolfgang
>> 
>> 
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