[BioC] Package xps - Problem accessing README file

[Henrik Bengtsson]

If I can through in another one to the wishlist:

I also miss having access to the NEWS file on the BioC package pages,
cf. CRAN package packages.

/Henrik

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Kasper Daniel Hansen
<kasperdanielhansen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dan
>
> There are by now quite a few packages that have detailed installation
> instructions in a README file (or perhaps an INSTALL file).  This is
> typically caused by depending on external software that needs to be
> installed.  I believe it would be a worthwhile addition to the
> webpages if they mirror README files.  See for example Rgraphviz.  In
> addition it would be helpful if they mirror a ChangeLog/NEWS file,
> CRAN already does that.
>
> It might be worthwhile talking to the CRAN people and see if you could
> use common code...?
>
> Of course, this may be too much trouble, but I think it would be worth
> it (which is easy to say when I am not doing the work :)
>
> Kasper
>
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 4:33 PM, cstrato <cstrato at aon.at> wrote:
>> Dear Dan, dear Henrik,
>>
>> Thank you Henrik for your suggestion, this is a great idea.
>>
>> Thank you Dan for your suggestion to give more information on the
>> DESCRIPTION file. At the moment I have decided to leave it as is. Next time
>> I can point users to the current topic so that they are able to access the
>> README file as Henrik has suggested.
>>
>> As a side note, since README is one of the mostly used files for almost
>> everything, I was always wondering why R and/or Bioconductor does not force
>> package developers to submit a README file with their packages.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Christian
>>
>>
>> On 11/22/10 11:07 PM, Dan Tenenbaum wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Henrik Bengtsson <hb at biostat.ucsf.edu
>>> <mailto:hb at biostat.ucsf.edu>> wrote:
>>>
>>>    Alternatively, grab the README file from the SVN server:
>>>
>>>
>>>  https://hedgehog.fhcrc.org/bioconductor/branches/RELEASE_2_7/madman/Rpacks/xps/README
>>>
>>>    Username and password as on
>>>    http://bioconductor.org/developers/source-control/
>>>
>>>    To BioC core: Since the username and pwd is already above, is it ok
>>>    post the URL with
>>>    https://<username>:<password>@hedgehog.fhcrc.org/..
>>>    <http://hedgehog.fhcrc.org/..>.?  (Can imagine
>>>    that opens up for crawlers etc that you might not want to have in
>>>    there).
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Henrik.
>>>
>>> To be safe, let's not put the full URL together, but by all means, we
>>> can point out that our Subversion repository is accessible  at :
>>>
>>> https://hedgehog.fhcrc.org/bioconductor/
>>>
>>> ...with the username and password listed on:
>>>
>>> http://bioconductor.org/developers/source-control/
>>> (unless you have another username and password you got from us).
>>>
>>>
>>> In other words:
>>> https://username:password@hedgehog.fhcrc.org/bioconductor
>>>
>>> ...substituting the correct username and password.
>>>
>>> To find a given package, look here (for devel):
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> https://hedgehog.fhcrc.org/bioconductor/branches/trunk/madman/Rpacks/PACKAGE_NAME
>>>
>>> or, for release (currently 2.7), here:
>>>
>>>
>>> https://hedgehog.fhcrc.org/bioconductor/branches/RELEASE_2_7/madman/PACKAGE_NAME
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Dan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    /Henrik
>>>
>>>    On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 11:47 AM, cstrato <cstrato at aon.at
>>>    <mailto:cstrato at aon.at>> wrote:
>>>     > Dear Marcos,
>>>     >
>>>     > Please download the source code so that you have access to the
>>>    README file.
>>>     > Regards Christian
>>>     >
>>>     >
>>>     > Dear BioC maintainers,
>>>     >
>>>     > Since some users have asked me how to access the README file,
>>>    which explains
>>>     > how to install ROOT and xps but is currently only accessible when
>>>    xps is
>>>     > already installed or when you download the source code, my
>>>    question is:
>>>     > Would it be possible to make a link to the README file in the
>>>    Documentation
>>>     > section of the BioC packages analogously to the Vignettes?
>>>     >
>>>     > Thank you in advance
>>>     > Best regards
>>>     > Christian
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>>>     >
>>>     > On 11/22/10 8:18 PM, Marcos Pinho wrote:
>>>     >>
>>>     >> Dear List,
>>>     >>
>>>     >> could anybody help me with the installation and usage of the
>>>    package xps?
>>>     >> I
>>>     >> am trying to use the package, have downloaded and read all the info
>>>     >> material
>>>     >> and could not understand how the install  ROOT and how to run it
>>>    with the
>>>     >> xps package.
>>>     >>
>>>     >> Any help would be greatly appreciated
>>>     >>
>>>     >> Cheers,
>>>     >>
>>>     >>
>>>     >>
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