beta lesson listed in common schedules

[stellaprins]

Schedule B and C contain a lesson (Intro to R and RStudio for Genomics) that is in "beta" development and not official material from The Carpentries (yet). So from what I understand, this lesson cannot be taught under the banners "The Carpentries" and “Data Carpentry". Even though there is a disclaimer about this lesson elsewhere in the documentation, including the lesson in the common schedules gives the impression that it is part of the official material and can lead to confusion (it did confuse me when I was looking into the material).

Possible solutions:

• Remove schedules B and C that contain the "beta" lesson from the common schedules until it is "stable" (see genomics-r-intro #207)?
• Keep schedules B and C but include a clear note for instructors stating that if they choose to follow these schedules, they should be aware that the R lesson is still in beta and not part of the official The Carpentries / Data Carpentry material.
• Change status of genomics-r-intro #207 to "stable" as suggested by @naupaka, remove disclaimer, and keep schedules as it is.

These are the currently listed common schedules:

Common Schedules

Schedule A (2 days OR 4 half days)

• Half-day 1: Project organization and management & Introduction to the command line
• Half-day 2: Introduction to the command line (continued).
• Half-day 3 & 4 : Data wrangling and processing

Schedule B (2 days OR 4 half days)

• Half-day 1: Project organization and management & Introduction to the command line
• Half-day 2: Introduction to the command line (continued)
• Half-day 3 & 4: Intro to R and RStudio for Genomics

Schedule C (3 days OR 6 half days)

• Half-day 1: Project organization and management & Introduction to the command line
• Half-day 2: Introduction to the command line (continued)
• Half-day 3 & 4 : Data wrangling and processing
• Half-day 5 & 6: Intro to R and RStudio for Genomics

[naupaka]

This would be a great discussion point for the @datacarpentry/curriculum-advisors-genomics committee to discuss. As one of the R lesson maintainers, I think it's basically stable and perhaps ready to move out of beta status altogether, but that's a protocol question for @ErinBecker perhaps?

[stellaprins]

Added this as another option @naupaka :)

[tobyhodges]

@naupaka wrote:

I think it's basically stable and perhaps ready to move out of beta status altogether, but that's a protocol question for @ErinBecker perhaps?

I can confirm that the decision to move the R lesson from beta to stable belongs to the Curriculum Advisors: this would be an example of "Addition of a new lesson to the core curriculum" in the CAC Consultation Rubric. The committee has not been active recently -- a common issue for our Curriculum Advisors since the Core Team had to scale back support in 2024 -- but I will make an effort to re-engage them on this topic.

[skanwal]

@naupaka and I met today to discuss this issue. I can confirm we have both voted in favour of moving this lesson to stable.

[naupaka]

@datacarpentry/curriculum-advisors-genomics meeting minutes available here: https://github.com/datacarpentry/curriculum-advisors/blob/main/genomics/December-2025-genomics-minutes.md