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List:       bioc-devel
Subject:    Re: [Bioc-devel] upcoming changes - maintainer integration with support site
From:       Henrik Bengtsson <henrik.bengtsson () ucsf ! edu>
Date:       2015-05-27 1:54:51
Message-ID: CAFDcVCRZoo6qrMAJPSbxEFr5dg9K70gPkjoA=ZkT2yLTjDFOdg () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Dan Tenenbaum <dtenenba@fredhutch.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Henrik Bengtsson" <henrik.bengtsson@ucsf.edu>
> > To: "Dan Tenenbaum" <dtenenba@fredhutch.org>
> > Cc: "bioc-devel" <bioc-devel@r-project.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 2:50:43 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Bioc-devel] upcoming changes - maintainer integration with support \
> > site 
> > Just got the email asking me to sign up.  The thing is that I've
> > already signed up, but using a different email address that the one
> > listed as the maintainer of my package(s).  Is there a way to have
> > multiple associated email addresses on
> > https://support.bioconductor.org/?  I cannot find such an option.
> > 
> 
> Why not change your package DESCRIPTION file(s) so they all point to the same \
> maintainer address that you are registered with on the support site?
> 
> To answer your question, yes, you can, but you can only associate 'social logins', \
> i,e., the various providers listed at \
> https://support.bioconductor.org/accounts/social/connections/ . You can associate \
> those with the email address you are also using.

Thanks for clarifying / confirming; I ended up updated the email
address on the support site.

/Henrik

> 
> Also possibly of interest: if you have the opposite problem (i.e. multiple accounts \
> on the site when you only want one) you can merge multiple accounts into one, see \
> https://support.bioconductor.org/info/faq/#merge_accounts . The resulting account \
> will have all the reputation, etc. of all the merged accounts. 
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
> > /Henrik
> > 
> > On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Dan Tenenbaum
> > <dtenenba@fredhutch.org> wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > There's now a script that makes sure that all package maintainers
> > > who are on the support site (https://support.bioconductor.org)
> > > have all the packages they maintain in their "watched tags" field,
> > > meaning they will get an email every time someone posts a question
> > > tagged with their (lowercase) package name.
> > > 
> > > This script will run regularly so that this step is automated.
> > > 
> > > The next step is a script that will regularly nag those maintainers
> > > who do NOT have logins on the support site. Just wanted to warn
> > > you that this is coming up! You can avoid it by registering for
> > > the support site using the same email address that's in the
> > > Maintainer field of the package(s) you maintain.
> > > 
> > > Finally, BiocCheck will be modified to make sure the package's
> > > maintainer is on the support site and it will fail if this is not
> > > the case, so for new packages (which are required to pass
> > > BiocCheck) this will be a requirement.
> > > 
> > > Thanks for your contributions to Bioconductor and for contributing
> > > your expertise by answering questions on the support site!
> > > 
> > > Let us know if you have questions.
> > > Dan
> > > 
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > 

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