[Bioc-devel] Bioconductor 3.6 release: update NEWS

[Martin Morgan]

On 10/14/2017 11:05 AM, Stian Lågstad wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> What should the NEWS file look like? Are there guidelines somewhere?

the basic requirement is that it be parsed by util::news(); using an 
'Rd' format is most robust.

A couple of examples include

   https://github.com/Bioconductor/BiocParallel/blob/master/inst/NEWS.Rd
   https://github.com/Bioconductor/Biostrings/blob/master/NEWS

> 
> Also, where should it be located? This page
> <https://www.bioconductor.org/developers/package-submission/> says
> `inst/NEWS`, but I see many packages has the file at root level.

from ?news, the location is optional.

Martin

> 
> On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 5:16 PM, Obenchain, Valerie <
> Valerie.Obenchain at roswellpark.org> wrote:
> 
>> Package maintainers,
>>
>> If you haven't already, please update the NEWS files in your packages.
>> This information will be included in the release announcement. The deadline
>> for updating NEWS files is Tuesday, October 24:
>>
>> http://www.bioconductor.org/developers/release-schedule/
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Valerie
>>
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