getPkgYearsInBioc: Calculate the years in Bioconductor

In seandavi/BiocPkgTools: Collection of simple tools for learning about Bioconductor Packages

Calculate the years in Bioconductor

Description

This function determines the number of years a package has been in Bioconductor. Available information includes first Bioconductor version a package appeared and the current length of time in Bioconductor. If a package has been removed from Bioconductor, information on the last Bioconductor version and approximate time in Bioconductor before removal is available.

Usage

getPkgYearsInBioc(pkglist = NULL)

Arguments

pkglist

List of packages to retrieve information. If default NULL, returns a tibble of all Bioconductor packages.

Value

'tibble' with the following columns:

• package: name of Bioconductor package

• category: bioc, data/experiment, data/annotation, workflow

• first_version_available: Bioconductor version (e.g. 1.9, 3.21) the package first became available

• first_version_release_date: Equivalent calendar date of given Bioconductor release

• approx_years_in: Numeric indicator of years in Bioconductor. If empty, indicates package was removed. See final three columns for more information.

• last_version_available: If package was removed from Bioconductor, the last Bioconductor version (e.g. 1.9, 3.21) the package was able to be installed

• last_version_release_date: Equivalent calendar date of given Bioconductor release

• years_before_rm: If removed, how many years it was in Bioconductor

Author(s)

Lori Shepherd Kern, Robert Shear

Examples

## Not run: 
   ## full table all Bioconductor packages
   tbl <- getPkgYearsInBioc()

   ## example of package list. Packages active in Bioconductor
   tbl <- getPkgYearsInBioc(c("BiocFileCache", "BiocPkgTools"))

   ## example of a package that has been removed from Bioconductor
   tbl <- getPkgYearsInBioc("ensemblVEP")

## End(Not run)

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