[Bioc-devel] Maintainer change Bioconductor packages

[Nitesh Turaga]

Hi,

I added gene-expression to get package access.

Please activate the account https://git.bioconductor.org/BiocCredentials/account_activation. Add “new” SSH keys. Change the password.

gene-expression will then have access to the package, and like I mentioned before the changes on the package itself will be on your end to make.

Change the maintainer email, subscribe to bioc-devel etc.

Best,

Nitesh

From: Nitesh Turaga <nturaga.bioc using gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 7:59 AM
To: Pablo Moreno <pmoreno using ebi.ac.uk>
Cc: Suhaib Mohammed <suhaib using ebi.ac.uk>, maintainer using bioconductor.org <maintainer using bioconductor.org>, bioc-devel using r-project.org <bioc-devel using r-project.org>, gene-expression using ebi.ac.uk <gene-expression using ebi.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Maintainer change Bioconductor packages
Hi,

I think this might be possible to try.

So the maintainer email again has to be changed from your end on the DESCRIPTION file.

As far as access goes, I can add gene-expression using ebi.ac.uk<mailto:gene-expression using ebi.ac.uk>, on the BiocCredentials system. You’ll have to activate the account and add SSH keys.

gene-expression using ebi.ac.uk<mailto:gene-expression using ebi.ac.uk> will also have to follow all the protocols of a maintainer, so someone will have to actively monitor it and subscribe to bioc-devel using r-project.org<mailto:bioc-devel using r-project.org> mailing list.

Best,

Nitesh


From: Pablo Moreno <pmoreno using ebi.ac.uk>
Date: Sunday, May 9, 2021 at 10:32 PM
To: Nitesh Turaga <nturaga.bioc using gmail.com>
Cc: Suhaib Mohammed <suhaib using ebi.ac.uk>, maintainer using bioconductor.org <maintainer using bioconductor.org>, bioc-devel using r-project.org <bioc-devel using r-project.org>, gene-expression using ebi.ac.uk <gene-expression using ebi.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Maintainer change Bioconductor packages
Dear Nitesh,

I think that in the rush of Suhaib leaving, we didn’t finalise this process.

Is it acceptable to have a group email/account as maintainer? We would have gene-expression using ebi.ac.uk, which email gets to all the Expression Atlas team members. Then we wouldn’t need to repeat the process if any of us leaves.

Thanks,
Pablo

> On 28 Jan 2021, at 18:27, Nitesh Turaga <nturaga.bioc using gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Suhaib,
>
> You are correct, the maintainer needs to be changed if you are unable to maintain the package further. You need to nominate another maintainer for the packages you listed.
>
> Once the new maintainer steps in,
>
> 1. Change the Maintainer or Authors using R field in the DESCRIPTION file of the package to reflect the change.
>
> 2. Maintainer has to have a BiocCredentials account.
>
> 3. Maintainer has to be subscripted to bioc-devel using r-project.org mailing list.
>
> Best,
>
> Nitesh
>
>
> On 1/28/21, 7:00 AM, "Suhaib Mohammed" <suhaib using ebi.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>    To whom ever it may concern,
>
>    I have been maintaining the Bioconductor R packages (ExpressionAtlas and
>    ArrayExpress) of Gene Expression Atlas team at the EMBL-EBI. As I will
>    be leaving EBI, I understand the maintainer needs to be changed. Could
>    you point to the procedure for changing the maintainer ?
>
>    Expression Atlas -
>    https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/ExpressionAtlas.html
>    Array Express -
>    https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/ArrayExpress.html
>
>    Many thanks,
>    Suhaib
>
>    --
>    Suhaib Mohammed, Ph.D.
>    Senior Bioinformatician
>    European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)
>    European Molecular Biology Laboratory
>    Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
>    Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD
>    United Kingdom
>    tel : +44-1223494296
>    email: suhaib using ebi.ac.uk
>

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