[Bioc-devel] mzR: pwiz is now the default backend

[Laurent Gatto]

On 23 May 2017 16:26, Vladislav Petyuk wrote:

> Are there going to be any noticeable changes for the package users?  Does
> it break compatibility?  Do I need to install something extra (like
> ProteoWizard)?

In theory, we don't expect any downstream effects: no breaks, no extra
dependencies, ... developers and users shouldn't notice the change at
all. The pwiz backend has been available for many years, but was just
not the default.

Let's see what the practice says...

Laurent

> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 9:10 AM Laurent Gatto <lg390 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear developer,
>>
>> For those who use mzR to access raw mass spectrometry data, please note
>> that we have change the default backend from Ramp to pwiz.
>>
>> The old backend is still available using
>>
>>   openMSfile(filename, backend = "Ramp")
>>
>> See https://github.com/sneumann/mzR/issues/84 for details. Please do
>> raise any concerns or problems in that issue.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Laurent
>>
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