Re: [Bioc-devel] biocLite should warn when called from a non-current R version

2013-06-19 Thread Martin Morgan
On 06/19/2013 11:17 PM, Hervé Pagès wrote: Martin, Just to make sure we are on the same page, we are talking about the message we get when we source http://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R (as Simon suggested), not the message we get when loading the BiocInstaller package and/or everytime we use bioc

Re: [Bioc-devel] biocLite should warn when called from a non-current R version

2013-06-19 Thread Hervé Pagès
Martin, Just to make sure we are on the same page, we are talking about the message we get when we source http://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R (as Simon suggested), not the message we get when loading the BiocInstaller package and/or everytime we use biocLite(). So it's a one time thing. IMO it ca

Re: [Bioc-devel] biocLite should warn when called from a non-current R version

2013-06-19 Thread Martin Morgan
On 06/19/2013 09:15 PM, Hervé Pagès wrote: Hi Martin, On 06/19/2013 05:21 PM, Martin Morgan wrote: On 06/19/2013 03:01 PM, Simon Anders wrote: Hi On 19/06/13 23:44, Martin Morgan wrote: As a message (not warning or error), how about New features are available in Bioconductor version 2.12

Re: [Bioc-devel] biocLite should warn when called from a non-current R version

2013-06-19 Thread Hervé Pagès
Hi Martin, On 06/19/2013 05:21 PM, Martin Morgan wrote: On 06/19/2013 03:01 PM, Simon Anders wrote: Hi On 19/06/13 23:44, Martin Morgan wrote: As a message (not warning or error), how about New features are available in Bioconductor version 2.12, R version 3.0.1. See http://bioconducto

Re: [Bioc-devel] biocLite should warn when called from a non-current R version

2013-06-19 Thread Martin Morgan
On 06/19/2013 03:01 PM, Simon Anders wrote: Hi On 19/06/13 23:44, Martin Morgan wrote: As a message (not warning or error), how about New features are available in Bioconductor version 2.12, R version 3.0.1. See http://bioconductor.org/install and if the instructions / dire consequences

Re: [Bioc-devel] biocLite should warn when called from a non-current R version

2013-06-19 Thread Hervé Pagès
Hi, I support this too. On 06/19/2013 02:44 PM, Martin Morgan wrote: On 06/19/2013 02:24 PM, Laurent Gautier wrote: I support this. A notice that there is a newer version available is something a number of users would almost expect (since a number of the applications they use probably already

Re: [Bioc-devel] biocLite should warn when called from a non-current R version

2013-06-19 Thread Simon Anders
Hi On 19/06/13 23:44, Martin Morgan wrote: As a message (not warning or error), how about New features are available in Bioconductor version 2.12, R version 3.0.1. See http://bioconductor.org/install and if the instructions / dire consequences at http://bioconductor.org/install are not s

Re: [Bioc-devel] biocLite should warn when called from a non-current R version

2013-06-19 Thread Martin Morgan
On 06/19/2013 02:24 PM, Laurent Gautier wrote: I support this. A notice that there is a newer version available is something a number of users would almost expect (since a number of the applications they use probably already do so), and would be in aligned with the bioconductor effort to reach t

Re: [Bioc-devel] biocLite should warn when called from a non-current R version

2013-06-19 Thread Laurent Gautier
I support this. A notice that there is a newer version available is something a number of users would almost expect (since a number of the applications they use probably already do so), and would be in aligned with the bioconductor effort to reach the widest possible audience. However, users

[Bioc-devel] biocLite should warn when called from a non-current R version

2013-06-19 Thread Simon Anders
Hi I would like to suggest the floowing change to the biocLite.R script: As soon as it is sourced, it should check whether the R interpreter it is running in has at least the current major version number, and if not, display a conspicious warning such as "WARNING: You are not using a current