On Jun 30, 2013 12:43 PM, "Kasper Daniel Hansen" <
kasperdanielhansen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Also, as far as I understand, the package does not get build using the new
> commit, if it has already been build with that version number before.

The package is built but not propagated to the web/repository. This
"feature" allows developers to check that their changes get built by the
build system, but yes, once you're satisfied that things work, you should
bump the version number to propagate the package and avoid the confusion
Wolfgang describes.

Dan


>
> Best,
> Kasper
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 3:12 AM, Wolfgang Huber <whuber@embl.de> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > just a reminder that it is good practice to bump up the package version
> > when you commit a change to a package's source, even if you consider it
> > 'trivial'. Version numbers are free, while the confusion ensuing from
there
> > being different versions of the software with ostensibly the same
version
> > can waste a great deal of someone's time.
> >
> > Dan / Bioc-Core team: would it be good to mention this somewhere on
> > http://bioconductor.org/developers/source-control ?
> >
> > Best wishes
> >         Wolfgang
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