On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 9:07 AM, Stephanie M. Gogarten <sdmor...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Hi, > > If one wanted to move some code from an existing Bioconductor package into > its own, separate package for ease of maintenance, would that constitute a > new package submission with the full review process? Or is there some > expedited submission available? > > We are refactoring the GENESIS package and debating whether to move the > low-level statistical testing code into a different package (which GENESIS > would then import). As I see it, pros include easier maintenance and > testing, and the potential value of the stats package to other users and > developers who might not want to import the entire GDS framework that > GENESIS uses. Cons include the overhead of submitting, writing vignettes, > etc. for a set of functions that are meant to be used internally. >
There probably is value in separating the stats from the I/O, but it would probably take some work to make those internal functions suitable for use by others. Probably enough work that it would benefit from a review. It all depends on how likely those stats will be independently useful. Are there any existing use cases? > What are other pros and cons of this approach (versus just keeping > everything in one big package)? > > thanks, > Stephanie > > _______________________________________________ > Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel _______________________________________________ Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel
