[Rd] Bad URLs in DESCRIPTION files

[Lluís Revilla]

Hi Colin,

I'm surprised this wasn't captured by the url checker on CRAN.
Are you suggesting a new check on package descriptions for the urls present?
In that case I guess it could be part of the standard R CMD check.

Lluís

On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 at 17:17, Colin Gillespie <csgillespie using gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Just want to flag a few packages:
>
> MatrixLDA: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/MatrixLDA/index.html
> The URL is technically valid - ajmolstad using github.io/ - but returns a
> 404. Almost certainly a typo.
>
> redistmetrics:
> https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/redistmetrics/index.html
> Not a valid URL: https::/github.com/alarm-redist/redistmetrics/
>
> yarrr: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/yarrr/
> It looks like a lapsed domain, and Cypro folks have grabbed it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Colin
>
> Ps I only found the last package because the name caught my attention
>
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