[BioC] First business

[Friedrich.Leisch@ci.tuwien.ac.at]

>>>>> On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 09:24:21 -0500,
>>>>> Robert Gentleman (RG) wrote:

  > Well that took less time than I thought.
  > We have started to get subscription requests for the mailing list and 
  > we need to deal with how to handle contributed libraries.

  > My proposal is to set up a discussion mailing list (that we all
  > subscribe to) for Bioconductor. I don't think that we have anything to
  > discuss yet -- which is a problem. We have had four requests to join
  > all with .de suffixes but there will be more.
  > Any other ideas?

  > Next, libraries. I am hoping to have our new programmer (starting in
  > Jan) learn how to test libraries and to handle all submissions (by
  > doing some simple testing and then add them to a site like CRAN).
  > Do we want to develop and start to populate the site now with the
  > proviso that we will put in more stringent tests later?
  > The reason for this is to gain some momentum and hopefully to find
  > some more people who might be willing to do some of the organizational
  > work that will be needed.

  > Fritz/Kurt: is it feasible to set up a web page for bioconductor off
  > of CRAN using mainly the existing structure and to populate it with
  > unvetted software. I expect that the new programmer will be able to
  > take this over in late January. So it would be the initial setup and
  > population that would be required.


Is OK, but I'll probably not find time within the next 2 weeks for
that. christmas break (for students) starts on dec. 17, then I'll have
more time.

best,
fritz