NEWS

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pepr 2023-11-16

Fixed

• result class of appended attributes; it's no longer wrapped in a list
• various other fixes and improvements

Changed

• error message when nonexistent attribute is derived

Added

• possibility to configure the sample and subsample table index attributes in the Project object constructor
• possibility to initialize Project with no configuration file
• ability to initialize a project from URL
• auto initialization file detection: CSV (sample table) or YAML (project config)
• duplicated sample auto-merging

pepr 2020-10-14

Changed

• added multiple subsample_table support

Fixed

• issues with config file determination

pepr 2020-06-03

Changed

• package description

pepr 2020-05-27

Fixed

• issues with auto path expansion in objects of Config class on Windows
• issues with path absoluteness determination on Windows

pepr 2020-05-26

This version introduced backwards-incompatible changes.

Added

• auto path expansion in Config class
• attribute duplication functionality
• config importing functionality
• attribute removal functionality
• possibility to define multi-attribute rules in attribute implication

Changed

• project configuration file to follow PEP2.0.0 specification. Browse the specification for changes related to config format

pepr 2020-01-09

Changed

• downgrade exception from error to warining when missing envieonment variable is found

Fixed

• issues related to subsample table functionality; #33

pepr 2019-06-21

Changed

• checkSection method can be used with a mixture of section names and indices.
• improved interaction between pepr and BiocProject

pepr 2019-04-17

Changed

• keys in the config file: sample_annotation to sample_table, sample_subannotation to subsample_table. Backwards compatibility is preserved.

pepr 2019-02-01

Added

• add activateSubproject method
• add fetchSamples function
• add checkSection method on Config object

Changed

• if the subproject argument of the Project() function is not present in the config, the original project is returned
• paths in the bioconductor section of the config are made absolute and environment variables are read
• no sample annotation is allowed if any subprojects are defined in the config
• fixed the problem with paths expansions in sample subannotations case

pepr 2018-11-14

Changed

• change the Project object construction, the subproject can be activated at construction time
• change implied/derived_columns to implied/derived_attributes. Backwards compatible
• change constants to constantAttributes. Backwards compatible
• fix expandPath() function, add error when environment variable not found

pepr 2018-09-12

Added

• add derived_columns functionality
• add implied_columns functionality
• add subannotation functionality

pepr 2018-09-06

Added

• first release, includes basic PEP reading functions