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R package dynwrap by dynverse — release notes from GitHub.

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A dormant trajectory-inference wrapper wakes up for maintenance only

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◆Current state
dynwrap is the dynverse component that wraps single-cell trajectory inference methods behind a common interface, handling containerised method execution and the trajectory data model. The visible history is dominated by a burst of feature work in 2019 and then near-silence: the only recent release, v1.3.0, is a package modernisation with a minimum-version bump and no user-facing capability. The three entries in the feed span seven years.
◆Where it's heading
The direction is custodial rather than developmental. The 2019 releases built out the substance — RNA velocity in the wrapper, velocity-oriented topologies, directed geodesic distances, Singularity 3.0 and sparse matrices throughout — and nothing since has extended it. The 2026 release reads as keeping the package installable against a modern R toolchain, which is what a maintained dependency of a benchmark suite needs rather than what an actively developed tool looks like.
◆Prediction
On this evidence, expect further releases to be compatibility maintenance triggered by R or dependency changes; the entries give no indication of resumed feature work.

◆Recent moves

  1. 4mo ago

    Package modernisation, no user-facing change

    A modernisation pass: minimum dependency versions raised and the dot removed as a global variable. Nothing here changes what the package does — it is the maintenance that keeps a 2019-era package loading in 2026, and the first release in nearly seven years.

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  2. 7y ago

    RNA velocity support and directed geodesic distances

    A cumulative body covering 1.1 through 1.1.4, and the substantive one in this feed. RNA velocity data and projected expression can be carried through the wrapper, orient_topology_to_velocity() uses velocity vectors to direct trajectory edges, and geodesic distances gain a directed mode. This is the release that let velocity information flow into trajectory inference rather than sitting beside it.

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  3. 7y ago

    1.0.0: Singularity 3.0 only, sparse matrices throughout

    The 1.0.0 release drops older Singularity and singularity-hub support in favour of 3.0, and standardises on sparse count and expression matrices everywhere — both breaking choices made to support the dynbenchmark publication. create_ti_method_definition() also allows defining a method from a local script rather than a container.

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