maintainer {utils}

R Documentation

Show Package Maintainer

Description

Show the name and email address of the maintainer of an installed package.

Usage

maintainer(pkg)

Arguments

pkg	a character string, the name of an installed package.

Details

Accesses the package description to return the name and email address of the maintainer.

Questions about contributed packages should often be addressed to the package maintainer; questions about base packages should usually be addressed to the R-help or R-devel mailing lists. Bug reports should be submitted using the bug.report function.

Value

A character string giving the name and email address of the maintainer of the package, or NA_character_ if no such package is installed.

Author(s)

David Scott d.scott@auckland.ac.nz from code on R-help originally due to Charlie Sharpsteen source@sharpsteen.net; multiple corrections by R-core.

References

https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2010-February/230027.html

See Also

packageDescription, bug.report

Examples

maintainer("MASS")

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