Hi Marc, Will a recording be made available? This sounds quite useful, but not quite "staying up until 2am Australian time" useful :)
Thanks, Pete > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 15:08:08 -0800 > From: Marc Carlson <mcarl...@fredhutch.org> > To: bioc-devel <bioc-de...@stat.math.ethz.ch> > Subject: [Bioc-devel] Google hangout on Wed December 10th for new > package authors > Message-ID: <547e4658.5050...@fredhutch.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed > > Hello new package authors, > > Based on the number of new software packages being submitted to the > project it seems that Bioconductor is more popular than ever. Last > release we added a hundred and ten new packages (a new record). > > A lot of the popularity of this project is because Bioconductor packages > have to live up to certain minimal standards (Nature Genetics thinks so > too, e.g., http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v46/n1/full/ng.2869.html). > For example every Bioconductor package is expected to: > > 1) provide complete documentation so that new users will know how to use > them > 2) contain working examples that are run when the package is checked by > the build system so that failure can be detected early. > 3) cooperate with related packages within the project so as to > facilitate code reuse and support reproducible research. > > We hope you will agree that having such package guidelines is a big win > for the whole community. > > To help *you* contribute to Bioconductor, we are going to have a Google > hangout (on air) to allow you to tune in, listen to some tips from > Bioconductor package reviewers and then open up the forum for questions. > > Webinar Invitation: Contributing your package to Bioconductor: > guidelines and overview > Date: December 10, 2014 > Time: 8:00 AM PST /11:00 AM EST > > Please 'tune in' December 10th at 8AM PST for a Google Hangout to > discuss new package contributions. And learn how to maximize the value > of your package contribution to the Bioconductor community. ______________________________________________________________________ The information in this email is confidential and intend...{{dropped:6}} _______________________________________________ Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel
