[Bioc-devel] Package home pages with >1 URL have broken links

[Oleksii Nikolaienko]

Hi Lori,
I also wanted to write about new pages, so using this opportunity to add.
The badges were quite useful. r-universe shows build status but it is less
visible than on the old Bioc pages. I'd say, the number of dependencies and
"years at Bioc" were also good to know before installing a package.
Currently, installation instructions for the devel branch do not include
'version="devel"' parameter. I wonder if it is as intended.

Best,
Oleksii



On Wed, 7 Oct 2026 at 12:55, Kern, Lori via Bioc-devel <
bioc-devel using r-project.org> wrote:

> I have captured the reported bug in an issue on the github.
>
> What other features are missing on the pages?  We can look to bring useful
> features back.
>
>
> Lori Kern
>
> Bioconductor Core Team
>
> Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
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> Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
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> Elm & Carlton Streets
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> Buffalo, New York 14263
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> Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2026 5:59 AM
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> Subject: [Bioc-devel] Package home pages with >1 URL have broken links
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> The example on page 4 of the "Writing R Extensions" manual shows that the
> URL field fo the DESCRIPTION file can contain a list of comma-separated
> URLs.
>
> Until very recently, the two URLs given in edgeR's DESCRIPTION file were
> rendered correctly on the edgeR home page. After the most recent website
> revision, though, the two URLs are now pasted together into one href URL,
> which of course fails if a users clicks on it.
>
> https://secure-web.cisco.com/17JGUUqMOZgzrDHGQ90yT7ElKp6QPbhssqJ2Qi6H5WYeJargL5Y8WOuoPOwUQUj6BH6Y6o3vNzAzGw1rbaxP-o7HLJEOUlTnuMHHrfmf8uS2ACGAphiF1G96zau5Sz14SbkEbj_JLaqUbpSHKK7zAjB_0ZsWzG0TuHqn1MLv59ec3Ija5CZ3ihjqWW1alh4eLs2yn-vmE8TLFX-68xALNVZ-2Jqt3527XLJu4ZXMlXvaxOfxvyVCrrncJIJOt4gT1pXdKZIsVUvhgm0Wrg2iSWWzqopYmjAlkxeKzYJFNZRbGHZH20FXUeeiCW2gJK52p/https%3A%2F%2Fbioconductor.org%2Fpackages%2F3.23%2Fbioc%2Fhtml%2FedgeR.html
>
> PS. I did much prefer the old home pages! A lot of features that I found
> useful have now been removed.
>
> Regards
> Gordon
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