Use of BiocStyle::Biocpkg() allowed?

[PeteHaitch]

https://github.com/Bioconductor/BiocWorkshops2019/blob/master/README.md#getting-started says not to use 'BiocStyle functionality'.
Does that preclude the use of BiocStyle::Biocpkg() and co. when referencing packages?

[kevinrue]

+1 on this question

It's been discreetly addressed on the channel (https://community-bioc.slack.com/archives/CDZR0L5CY/p1558981991005600)

Biocstyle won't really apply. The R helpers should still work. But the style will be based on bookdown/gitbook.

My understanding was that the main point is only to avoid using BiocStyle::html_document, as the final book won't be using it either.

Personally, I've been using BiocStyle::Biocpkg() as it's merely a shorthand to make URLs from package names.
Happy to change anything if I misinterpreted the guidelines myself.

Merely loading/attaching BiocStyle does not seem to alter anything critical in the session environment either (https://github.com/Bioconductor/BiocStyle/blob/master/R/zzz.R#L3)

# resolve paths once during package load
.onLoad <- function(...) {
    resources <<- system.file(package = "BiocStyle", "resources")
    bioconductor.sty <<- file.path(resources, "tex", "Bioconductor.sty")
    bioconductor.css <<- file.path(resources, "html", "bioconductor.css")
}

[lwaldron]

I think @kevinrue is right; the shortcuts are harmless but the style will not be applied. @seandavi or @LiNk-NY correct us if we're wrong.