[Bioc-devel] Missed deadline

[Levi Waldron]

ONE more note that Gabe reminded me of! As soon as your package is accepted
into bioc-devel, it will be accessible via
https://bioconductor.org/packages/mypackage/. Once it enters the release
branch, that URL will instead point to the release page.

On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 11:56 AM, Gabe Becker <becker.gabe at gene.com> wrote:

> Indeed, and to be a bit more explicit about Levi's point, you *can*
> publish your package to bioconductor any time after the deadline, it will
> simply go to the development repo for ~6 months, which, as he points out,
> may not be a bad thing if it's not ready yet.
>
> On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 8:06 AM, Levi Waldron <lwaldron.research at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 5:32 AM, Kenneth Condon <roonysgalbi at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Have I missed the deadline for the latest release? I have created a
>> > package, that runs great but there are a number of errors still from R
>> CMD
>> > check that I am sorting out.
>> >
>> > This is my first R package so I'm not sure if development is far enough
>> > along, although I suspect it might be.
>> >
>>
>> IMHO, when you're not sure a package is mature enough, and especially for
>> a
>> first package, it's actually better to miss the release deadline and allow
>> bioc-devel users test your package for 6 months before entering the
>> release
>> cycle. Making significant bug fixes and other changes becomes more
>> complicated and more of a pain for you and your users once you are in the
>> release...
>>
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> Gabriel Becker, Ph.D
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