Re: Seems all our BioC watch files are broken now (Was: BioC package "tximport" not found by dh-r's prepare... script - any idea?)
Hi Steffen,
On Tue, Aug 06, 2019 at 11:49:31AM +0200, Steffen Möller wrote:
> > For the tximport issue I injected it here
> >
> > https://salsa.debian.org/r-pkg-team/r-bioc-tximport
> >
> > Feel free to continue from this (I've just put you as Uploader).
>
> Thank you tons. I just found this when I wanted to create it :) I'll
> continue on it. I have even already added it to the blend's med/bio .
You are welcome.
> > Unfortunately the issue is more serious than just tximport did not
> > worked: **ALL** our BioC watch files are not working currently!
> >
> > I've fixed this in prepare_missing_cran_package[1] which is now using
> >
> > opts=downloadurlmangle=s?^(.*)\.\.?https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc?
> >
> > but on the other hand the downloadurlmangle string of all existing BioC
> > packages is broken now.
> Ouch. Mass update? Other "external to Debian" ways how to learn what is
> new to BioC and auto-update these?
I think they just changed something in their web pages the formerly
valid watch files now stumbled upon. I do not see any reason for a
mass update. The problem occures only if somebody wants to download
a new version by using uscan. That's usually one of our maintainers
in the team. If routine-update is fixing the watch file before
calling uscan no real harm is done (as far as I can see).
Kind regards
Andreas.
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