[BioC] mouse4302.db vs mouse 4302

[Marc Carlson]

Hi Richard,

In general you want to use the .db version of these packages as it is 
the newer format. 

The older format is really only provided for people who have lots of 
old-style package dependencies that they still need to work out.  In a 
couple of weeks, we should have a new version of these packages for you 
to explore.  But the older format will be deprecated which means we are 
not planning to make it again after the upcoming release...


    Marc




Richard Friedman wrote:
> Dear bioconductor list,
>
> 	The mouse4302.db annotation package is listed as Version 2.02 of the  
> annotation
> for mouse 4302 and was packaged Mon Oct 22 10:15:57.
>
> 	The mouse4302 annotation package is listed as Version 2.01 and was  
> packaged
>   Thu Oct 11 11:31:47 2007.
>
> 	Should I there use mouse4302.db as the more recent and authoritative  
> of the 2 packages?
> Or is it simply one with different contents?
>
> 	I realize that the answer to this question may seem pretty obvious  
> but I am wondering
> why mouse4302.db has a different name and not simply the same name  
> and a different version number.
> So I thought I would ask to make sure.
>
> Thanks and best wishes,
> Rich
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