On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 01:44:25PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > >>I'm just closing this RFP bug because the package was uploaded and is > >>maintained > >>by Dirk Eddelbuettel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (thanks Dirk). > > > >Not really true -- BioConductor is a collection of packages. I only > >maintain > >reposTools, which can then be used to load the rest of BioConductor. > > > >One day, Matt and I hope to have the rest of BioConductor packaged. It may > >not reside on Debian directly though but rather on Alioth. > Well, IMHO it makes sense anyway to close this old bug and just file a new > one once time permits. Is there any reason to think about only having a > repository on alioth instead of making official packages? As I mentioned > in this bug bioconductor is a target for Debian-Med.
Sure, but please bring a handful of volunteers skilled in Debian, R and BioConductor details to maintain. Wishing alone doesn't get these packaged properly, and I can't do it inside Debian as I'm already at > 80 packages. I also feel that the r-cran-* packages don't necessarily belong into Debian (as the autobuilders block too many anyway as they fail too often). i386-only somewhere else starts to look good to me. But maybe I'm just glum as I worked hard on a new Quantian that should come in the next day or two -- it includes debian-med, by the way (and debian-edu). Dirk -- If your hair is standing up, then you are in extreme danger. -- http://www.usafa.af.mil/dfp/cockpit-phys/fp1ex3.htm