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<rekado>ACTION returns to upgrading all CRAN + Bioc packages
<civodul>o/
<civodul>we should publicize this work (again) in the hope interested people can easily pick it up
<rekado>yeah
<rekado>it's not a surprise that nobody has taken over the work in my absence, but it's still a bad sign.
<rekado>I cannot commit to doing this in a timely fashion in the next years.
<rekado>automation sadly cannot take over the work yet.
<rekado>the updater erases a large number of useful customizations (e.g. the replacements for minified JavaScript), and adds test inputs that lead to dependency cycles.
<civodul>right
<civodul>i guess it’s the kind of insider knowledge that needs to be written down, if that’s not already the case
<civodul>but yeah, that’s even more work!
<rekado>I keep telling myself I'll work on improving the updater/importer before I attempt another mass update of R packages, but there's never enough time.
<rekado>it's Abe Lincoln and his axe, but my axe isn't even made of steel.
<civodul>:-)