[Bioc-devel] Remove Windows support for a package

[Lei Huang]

Thank you very much Lori!
-Lei


On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 7:31 AM Kern, Lori <Lori.Shepherd using roswellpark.org>
wrote:

> I would consider if your package really needs to depend on the dependent
> package or if there are alternative solutions.  Not supporting on windows
> will make your package not useful for a large portion of the Bioconductor
> community.
>
> That said...
>
> You can add a hidden file to the top level of the package  `.BBSoptions`
> (Please be case sensitive)  and add the single line  `UnsupportedPlatforms:
> win`
>
> Cheers
>
> Lori Shepherd
>
> Bioconductor Core Team
>
> Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
>
> Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
>
> Elm & Carlton Streets
>
> Buffalo, New York 14263
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> *From:* Bioc-devel <bioc-devel-bounces using r-project.org> on behalf of Lei
> Huang <lhuang1998 using gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, October 9, 2020 12:35 AM
> *To:* bioc-devel using r-project.org <bioc-devel using r-project.org>
> *Subject:* [Bioc-devel] Remove Windows support for a package
>
> Hi,
>
> A package I maintain cannot be built on Windows server because a
> dependency 'bigmemoryExtras' is no longer supported on Windows (please
> see the error message below).
>
> ERROR: dependency 'bigmemoryExtras' is not available for package
> 'methyAnalysis'*
> removing
> 'C:/Users/biocbuild/bbs-3.12-bioc/meat/methyAnalysis.buildbin-libdir/methyAnalysis'
>
> Could you let me know how I can safely remove the windows support from
> the devel version?
>
> Thanks,
> Lei
>
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