[Bioc-devel] Archived CRAN packages that break Bioconductor packages

[Simo Kitanovski]

Dears,

I have contacted the maintainers of the blaster (CRAN) package, and they 
have indicated that they
will look into the issue.

In case the package remains archived, do we have alternative options? In 
particular, if implementing
the required features to remove this dependency is not feasible within a 
reasonable timeframe.

Regarding blaster specifically, I am currently evaluating rBlast as a 
potential alternative in ClustIRR.

Best,
Simo

On 4/5/26 01:35, Hervé Pagès wrote:
> Dear package developers,
>
> The following CRAN packages are no longer available and this breaks 
> some Bioconductor packages. See below.
>
> CRAN package | Archived on | Breaks Bioconductor software packages
> -------------|-------------|--------------------------------------------------- 
>
> biclust      |  2025-12-19 | iBBiG, mosbi, QUBIC, rqubic, runibic
> blaster      |  2026-01-15 | ClustIRR
> haplo.stats  |  2026-03-15 | trio
> pryr         |  2026-01-30 | Glimma, HuBMAPR, rexposome, SNPhood
> qs           |  2026-01-17 | ChromSCape, SingleMoleculeFootprinting, 
> cTRAP, gDRutils
> repo         |  2026-03-21 | gep2pep
> smoother     |  2025-12-19 | adductomicsR, destiny
>
> If you maintain one of the packages listed in the table above, please 
> address as soon as possible.
>
> Unmaintained packages will be deprecated.
>
> Thanks for your contribution to the project,
>
> H.
>
>