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[PATCH] import cran: Fetch DESCRIPTION files from Github mirror.

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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: 26369-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26369: [PATCH] import cran: Fetch DESCRIPTION files from
 Github mirror.
Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 21:39:41 +0200

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> writes:

> Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> skribis:
>>
>>> * guix/import/cran.scm (%bioconductor-svn-url): Remove variable.
>>> (bioconductor-mirror-url): New procedure.
>>> (fetch-description): Take a REPOSITORY symbol instead of a BASE-URL string.
>>> (cran->guix-package): Pass REPOSITORY symbol to "fetch-description".
>>> (latest-cran-release, latest-bioconductor-release): Adjust accordingly.
>>> (bioconductor-package?): Update comment about SVN.
>>
>> LGTM.
>>
>> Out of curiosity, what’s the rationale for using the GitHub mirror
>> instead of the SVN repo?
>
> The Bioconductor people have been planning for a while to retire their
> SVN repository and use the Github mirror exclusively.  I heard from
> Bioconductor users that this move is going to happen soon.

Pushed to master.

-- 
Ricardo

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