Re: branch master updated: gnu: Add r-bisquerna.

[Roel Janssen]

On Thu, 2020-09-10 at 13:31 +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
> Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > > > +(define-public r-bisquerna
> > > > +  (package
> > > > +   (name "r-bisquerna")
> > > > +   (version "1.0.4")
> > > > +   (source (origin
> > > > +            (method url-fetch)
> > > > +            (uri (cran-uri "BisqueRNA" version))
> > > > +            (sha256
> > > > +             (base32
> > > > +              "01g34n87ml7n3pck77497ddgbv3rr5p4153ac8ninpgjijl
> > > > m3jw
> > > > 2"))))
> > > 
> > > Why is this in (gnu packages bioinformatics) and not in (gnu
> > > packages
> > > cran)?
> > 
> > It seemed so "bioinformatics"-specific.  But you're right, it's a
> > CRAN
> > package, so that may be a better fit.  Shall I move it to CRAN?
> 
> If you have time to do that, yes please.  Some time ago I started a
> half-hearted migration of R packages from (gnu packages
> bioinformatics)
> to (gnu packages cran) and (gnu packages bioconductor).  It’s not
> supremely important, but I think in the long term we’d like to have
> CRAN
> things in (gnu packages cran) and Bioconductor things in (gnu
> packages
> bioconductor), because it’s deliciously unsurprising. :)

I fully agree that it would be nice to have all packages originating
from CRAN in (gnu packages cram) and all things Bioconductor in (gnu
packages bioconductor).

I moved r-bisquerna and lowercased its synopsis in
66be746dc0c0f4ba3d748ed8d0983b2f9afdace8.

Kind regards,
Roel Janssen