[pkg-bioc] Re: Bioconductor Debian packages

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On 27 July 2005 at 00:05, Faheem Mitha wrote:
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| On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
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| > On 26 July 2005 at 20:39, Faheem Mitha wrote:
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| > | 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?
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| > 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.
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| Having read this again, I realise I am not sure what you mean. Could you 
| explicate, please?

We try to write a script that builds Debian packages from BioC and Sources.

We have too little to time to move along faster.
 
| Do you mean that you are going to be putting Debian packages for CRAN and 
| BioC in one (unofficiai) place? If so, what would that be? Why not put it 

Yes because ...

| on the respective site, eg CRAN and bioconductor.org?

... we have no power over either CRAN or BioC.

| Sorry to trouble you.

No worries.

Dirk

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