[pkg-bioc] Hello!

[elw at stderr.org]

> | Some related questions: Is somebody really using all these packages that
> | can be built? Do you use cran2deb.pl for your Debian packages? It sounds
> | like you use an improved version on your machine for this.
>
> So I don't think anybody uses the packages yet -- but it's a vicious 
> circle because we also don't run the script regularly yet.


I used the script to build a set of packages here locally - on machines 
running debian unstable.  I had a user who wanted the taskPR package and 
its dependencies, so I built them.  ;)

I should probably invest some more time into that.  Enough of us here use 
R that I can justify it.

[I'd totally dig it if someone looked into generating .pkg files for 
blastwave, too...]


> We don't yet. We also think 'all to Debian' is to massive. Maybe one day 
> after we have a bit of a track record and more experience outside of it. 
> I am sure we will find repo space somewhere -- as you said, possibly 
> even on CRAN.


I have space and most probably the bandwidth here, but I'm afraid that the 
project would die after I leave the university.  [I have to graduate 
eventually, ya know...]

--elijah