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Subject: bug#26369: [PATCH] import cran: Fetch DESCRIPTION files from Github
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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
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Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@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.

-- 
Ricardo

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