NEWS

BiocPkgTools 1.22.0

'biocLastBuildDate' has been removed from the package.
Added a 'recursive = FALSE' argument to 'pkgBiocDeps'.
Add 'biocBuildStatusDB' function to download and parse build status info from BBS artifact.
Include 'hasBiocMaint' to check if a package is maintained by a particular email address (default to Bioconductor maintainer email).

'biocRevDepEmail' accepts a vector of deprecated packages for whose reverse dependencies are to be notified.
'biocDownloadStats' now filters out packages that are not part of the 'pkgType' option and strictly returns stats for Bioconductor packages
When package stats are not available for a particular year, 'biocDownloadStats' will warn about the year there is no data for.
'biocLastBuildDate' has been defunct and its functionality disabled.

Warn when a download stats URL is not available and filter out in 'pkgDownloadStats'.
'pkgDownloadRank' calculates the denominator for ranks using the 'VIEWS' file; matches Bioc badges more closely.

'biocLastBuildDate' has been deprecated and moved to 'BiocArchive'.
'pkgBiocDeps' returns only the Bioconductor dependencies for a given vector of packages; can be set to all dependencies.

Use 'bfcdownload' when a web resource needs updating. Functions that download and cache files are affected including 'biocBuildReport', 'biocDownloadStats', 'biocPkgRanges', and 'CRANstatus'.
'biocPkgList' throws a descriptive error when using an alternative repository to the default CRAN, e.g., 'RSPM' where the 'packages.rds' file does not exist.

'get_cre_orcids' and 'orcid_table' allow the querying of the ORCID API to obtain information about the maintainer whose ORCID is documented in the 'DESCRIPTION' file (@vjcitn)
'biocBuildEmail' now allows a 'to' maintainer email override along with 'cc' and 'bcc' inputs.
'biocLastBuildDate' gives the date of the last release build for a particular release version as shown in the bioconductor.org website
The argument defaults for 'buildPkgDependencyDataFrame' have changed to match that of 'tools::package_dependencies' which is more appropriate for identifying "strong" dependencies (@vjcitn, #55).
'latestPkgStats', 'activitySince', and 'pkgDownloadRank' are designed to pull package statistics from the GitHub API using 'gh' packages or from Bioconductor. They are esp. useful for reporting to funding agencies.

'biocRevDepEmail' sends an email to several downstream maintainers to notify them of a deprecated package.
'biocBuildEmail' allows deprecation notices using the template in the 'inst' folder. Use 'templatePath()' to see available templates by their location.
‘PackageStatus' indicates whether a package is slated for ’Deprecation' by checking the 'meat-index.dcf' file.
'pkgDownloadStats' provides the download statistics table for a particular package.

'biocBuildReport' refers to hard-coded versions of the BBS build reports corresponding to when changes were made.
'biocDownloadStats' includes all types of Bioconductor packages
'biocBuildReport' improved to work on old-rel, release, and devel Bioconductor versions

'biocPkgRanges' allows for easy identification of package statuses from the build report for a specified range of packages (ordered alphabetically)
'biocBuildEmail' provides core-team functionality for sending email notifications to package maintainers

'biocBuildEmail' allows for saving a credentials file for email authentication via the 'credFile' argument
'setCache' uses 'tools::R_user_dir("BiocPkgTools", "cache")' instead of 'rappdirs::user_cache_dir'

'biocBuildReport' accounts for some packages whose 'DESCRIPTION' file is malformed
'biocBuildReport' updated to changes in the build report format

Add HTML Package Report template as RStudio rmarkdown template to quickly generate overviews of package stats for grants, etc.
Add parent terms to biocViews to support better search and browse by term

Fix small css bug that caused paragraph tag mis-rendering in vignettes when biocExplore() used.
Completed list column extraction for all list columns in biocPkgList