From: Ola S. <ola...@fa...> - 2008-08-19 07:44:00
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On Aug 18, 2008, at 21:47 , Andrew Dalke wrote: > On Aug 18, 2008, at 1:16 PM, Ola Spjuth wrote: >> If like to request that CDK is tagged on regular basis (like, every >> week) with compiled versions archived and available on the web. It >> doesn't need to be a fully tested release and IMO in could be a >> weekly build (similar to the nightly server) with an additional >> tagging step involved. The benefits are that it would allow me to >> say: "I used CDK version 1.1.1.v20080817 to carry out my analysis", >> and people could grab that version from the web and reproduce the >> calculations. > > As a matter of process, I don't understand the need for this. CDK has a lot of updates on daily basis, and we currently ship the trunk version with Bioclipse. I guess that if there were more regular releases of CDK, the need for this would be lower. > If reproducibility is important to your project, perhaps you > could distribute the specific jar you used. In that way > your results aren't dependent on an external organization. I agree, this is what we will have to do if this proposal is not accepted. /Ola |