So the policy could be: before release to bioc-devel and after release to the support-site. Maybe it is more useful to post only on the support-site on release? I assume most bioc-devel subscribers follow the support-site.
Maarten On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 3:29 PM, James W. MacDonald <jmac...@uw.edu> wrote: > I agree, but bacon is part of release. As Maarten said " > *I would like to introduce the package bacon that has been added > tobioconductor just before the release of version 3.3." 😁* > > On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Martin Morgan < > martin.mor...@roswellpark.org> wrote: > >> On 06/09/2016 10:06 AM, James W. MacDonald wrote: >> >>> You should post this on the support site ( >>> https://support.bioconductor.org), >>> using the 'News' item description. This bioc-devel is intended for >>> discussion of issues with development of packages, not really for >>> announcing new packages. >>> >> >> actually the email to developers on package acceptance encourages them to >> post to bioc-devel. >> >> I think the rationale was that the package is only available in devel, so >> advertising on the support site would just lead to disappointment. >> >> Open to revised policies / suggestions, though. >> >> Martin >> >> >>> Jim >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 9:37 AM, Maarten van Iterson <mviter...@gmail.com >>> > >>> wrote: >>> >>> Dear list, >>>> >>>> I would like to introduce the package bacon that has been added to >>>> bioconductor just before the release of version 3.3. >>>> >>>> bacon can be used to estimate and control for bias and inflation often >>>> present in epigenome- and transcriptome-wide association >>>> studies(EWAS/TWAS). The idea behind bacon is to estimate the empirical >>>> null >>>> distribution from the data (using Bayesian statistics) and use the >>>> empirical null i.s.o. a theoretical null for inference. Bacon supports >>>> bias- and inflation-controlled fixed-effect meta-analysis that can be >>>> executed in parallel. A manuscript is available from biorxiv ( >>>> http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/05/27/055772). >>>> >>>> Kind regards, >>>> >>>> Maarten van Iterson >>>> >>>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list >>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> This email message may contain legally privileged and/or confidential >> information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or >> agent responsible for the delivery of this message to the intended >> recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, >> distribution, or use of this email message is prohibited. If you have >> received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by >> e-mail and delete this email message from your computer. Thank you. >> > > > > -- > James W. MacDonald, M.S. > Biostatistician > University of Washington > Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences > 4225 Roosevelt Way NE, # 100 > Seattle WA 98105-6099 > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel
