[pkg-bioc] Re: Bioconductor Debian packages

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On 26 July 2005 at 20:39, Faheem Mitha wrote:
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| On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
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| > Hi Faheem,
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| > On 25 July 2005 at 19:24, Faheem Mitha wrote:
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| > | Hi Dirk,
| > |
| > | It looks like there has been some activity on the Debian packages for
| > | Bioconductor front. I see that there is an Alioth project up.
| >
| > Yes, and you're cordially invited to join in! Alioth is open to all, just
| > register as, say, 'faheem-guest' (the -guest is mandatory for non-Debianers,
| > I'm afraid) and join in the fun.
| 
| Hi Dirk,
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| Thanks for your kind invitation. However, I don't actually know anything 
| about bioconductor. I'm actually just trying to install it for a friend.

I don't know the difference between a gene and a pair of jeans, so we're at
par there...

| However, if you have any light tasks that need doing, I'd be happy to 
| help, though I don't have too much time to spend on this. Eg. beta 
| testing, manually adding dependencies to packages when your scripts don't 
| work, etc. I see your scripts use perl. Unfortunately, I don't use perl, 
| so can't be of much help there.

Testing would help -- just giving the script a run.

| Can I ask about your plans for the Debian Bioconductor packages? I 
| assume they are too large to put in the main archive, so are you planning 
| to maintain them on an auxiliary mirror?

Our plan is to deal with CRAN and BioC using one script and
infrastructure. It really is just a question of people making time for it.

| BTW, my research group is looking for a sys admin/software development 
| person. If you know of any competent person who might be interested, 
| please let me know.

Make sure you hire a Perl person and tell her to work on our
cran/bioc-debifier :)

Best, Dirk

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