I would assume that "BiocManager::install()" won't update an existing
set of BioC packages unless explicitly prompted. If that's the case,
shouldn't the instructions at http://bioconductor.org/install/ specify
"BiocManager::install(version='3.10')"?

On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 1:04 PM Shepherd, Lori
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> BiocManager should recognize versions automatically for the version of R.  I 
> believe we had a message that would be displayed in this case where there was 
> a more recent version available
> Something along the lines of:
> Bioconductor version '3.9' is out-of-date; the current release version '3.10'
>   is available with R version '3.6'; see https://bioconductor.org/install
>
> It is broken in this latest version of BiocManager but will be correct 
> shortly.
>
>
>
> Lori Shepherd
>
> Bioconductor Core Team
>
> Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
>
> Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
>
> Elm & Carlton Streets
>
> Buffalo, New York 14263
>
> ________________________________
> From: Jakob Theorell <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 3:59 PM
> To: Aaron Lun <[email protected]>; Shepherd, Lori 
> <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Bioc-devel] BiocManager not installing latest release version 
> of DepecheR
>
> Yes, this sounds like a very good solution. Thank you all for your input, and 
> I hope this silly mistake of mine might have some positive consequence.
> Best
> Jakob
> ________________________________
> From: Bioc-devel <[email protected]> on behalf of Aaron Lun 
> <[email protected]>
> Sent: 13 November 2019 18:56
> To: Shepherd, Lori <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Bioc-devel] BiocManager not installing latest release version 
> of DepecheR
>
> Perhaps the installation instructions on each package's landing page
> should explicitly specify 'version=3.10' (or whatever happens to be
> the latest release) in the install() call. This avoids ambiguities
> with using the latest version when the current and previous releases
> are on the same version of R.
>
> -A
>
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 8:25 AM Shepherd, Lori
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > It looks like you are still installing release 3.9 versions of packages.  
> > The latest version is release 3.10.
> >
> > If you do
> > BiocManager::version()
> > Does it show "3.9"  or "3.10"?
> >
> > I'm betting "3.9"
> >
> > You can do
> >
> > BiocManager::install(version="3.10")
> > BiocManager::install()
> >
> >
> > To update all packages to 3.10 versions
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> >
> > Lori Shepherd
> >
> > Bioconductor Core Team
> >
> > Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
> >
> > Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
> >
> > Elm & Carlton Streets
> >
> > Buffalo, New York 14263
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Bioc-devel <[email protected]> on behalf of Jakob 
> > Theorell <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 11:06 AM
> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> > Subject: [Bioc-devel] BiocManager not installing latest release version of 
> > DepecheR
> >
> > Dear all,
> > This is probably a mistake on my side, but I just now tried to install the 
> > last release version of DepecheR (for which I am the maintainer), and 
> > although the source package on BioConductor is 1.2, this is the text I get 
> > from BiocManager when installing:
> >
> > Bioconductor version 3.9 (BiocManager 1.30.9), R 3.6.1 (2019-07-05)
> > Installing package(s) 'DepecheR'
> > trying URL 
> > 'https://bioconductor.org/packages/3.9/bioc/bin/macosx/el-capitan/contrib/3.6/DepecheR_1.0.3.tgz'
> >
> > This is clearly the old version, that does not contain all the updates that 
> > the source package contains. Have I missed something I should have done to 
> > prevent this and what can I in that case do now?
> > Best regards
> > Jakob Theorell, MD/PhD
> > Autoimmune Neurology Group
> > Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
> > University of Oxford
> >
> >
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