----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Morgan" <mtmor...@fredhutch.org> > To: bioc-devel@r-project.org > Sent: Saturday, May 9, 2015 10:15:13 AM > Subject: [Bioc-devel] Use and Usability metrics / shields > > Bioc developers! > > It's important that our users be able to identify packages that are > suitable for > their research question. Obviously a first step is to identify > packages in the > appropriate research domain, for instance through biocViews. > > http://bioconductor.org/packages/release/ > > We'd like to help users further prioritize their efforts by > summarizing use and > usability. Metrics include: > > - Cross-platform availability -- biocLite()-able from all or only > some platforms > - Support forum activity -- questions and comments / responses, 6 > month window > - Download percentile -- top 5, 20, 50%, or 'available' > - Current build status -- errors or warnings on some or all platforms > - Developer activity -- commits in the last 6 months > - Historical presence -- years in Bioconductor > > Obviously the metrics are imperfect, so constructive feedback welcome > -- we > think the above capture in a more-or-less objective and computable > way the major > axes influencing use and usability. > > We initially intend to prominently display 'shields' (small graphical > icons) on > package landing pages.
This has now been implemented. You can see it at e.g. http://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/BiocGenerics.html The shields are also available for use externally, for example if you want to display build status on a README in Github. Just pull in the image from: http://bioconductor.org/shields/build/release/bioc/BiocGenerics.svg Note that devel has a different build shield: http://bioconductor.org/shields/build/devel/bioc/BiocGenerics.svg Thanks, Dan _______________________________________________ Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel