This function downloads and parses the build status information for Bioconductor packages. The build status information is available for the current release and the previous release. Other versions may be available.

biocBuildStatusDB(
  version = BiocManager::version(),
  pkgType = c("software", "data-experiment", "data-annotation", "workflows")
)

Arguments

version

character(1) or package_version indicating the Bioconductor version (e.g., "3.22"). Defaults to the "current version" provided by BiocManager::version(). The keywords "release" and "devel" are also accepted.

pkgType

character() The type of packages for which to get information for. Values can be one or more of the following:

  • software: Software packages

  • data-experiment: Experiment data packages

  • data-annotation: Annotation data packages

  • workflows: Workflow packages

Value

A data.frame with the following columns:

  • pkg: The name of the package

  • node: The builder on which the package was built

  • stage: The stage of the build, e.g., 'install', 'buildsrc', 'checksrc', etc.

  • result: The status of the build, e.g., 'OK', 'ERROR', 'WARNINGS', etc.