[Rd] Bad URLs in DESCRIPTION files

[Colin Gillespie]

> I'm surprised this wasn't captured by the url checker on CRAN.
As was I

> Are you suggesting a new check on package descriptions for the urls present?
Yes - but more fixing edge cases than a new check

> In that case I guess it could be part of the standard R CMD check.

Yep. Kurt's message suggests that these were edge cases that missed the check.

Thanks

>
> 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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