[R] Package updates for new versions

[William Dunlap]

bug.report(package="thePackage")
will look through the DESCRIPTION file to figure out a good way to report
concerns about a package.

Bill Dunlap
TIBCO Software
wdunlap tibco.com

On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us>
wrote:

> I recommend reading the DESCRIPTION file or the CRAN web page for the
> package if it is on n CRAN, e.g. [1]. While every package on CRAN is
> supposed to have an email for contact, many developers do prefer alternate
> communication approaches. Github is NOT used universally though.
>
> [1] https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/spgrass6/index.html
>
> On October 11, 2018 9:59:49 AM PDT, Amit Mittal <
> prof.amit.mittal using gmail.com> wrote:
> >Most developers like to be unavailable on email without genuine
> >queries,
> >one or the other we tell you to come thru git
> >
> >On Thu 11 Oct, 2018, 22:26 Bert Gunter, <bgunter.4567 using gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> ?maintainer
> >>
> >> in R accesses the package description file to provide maintainer
> >info. No
> >> need to fool around with git or other software development
> >repositories.
> >>
> >> Bert Gunter
> >>
> >> "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming
> >along and
> >> sticking things into it."
> >> -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip )
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 9:44 AM Amit Mittal
> ><prof.amit.mittal using gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> You can contact them as Marc suggested by opening an account at bit
> >>> (bitbucket/Atlassian) or git (github) Most prefer strongly to have a
> >>> primary at git before going to Atlassian other code checkers so you
> >can
> >>> discover the package team there esp if any future development is in
> >the
> >>> pipes.
> >>>
> >>> Don't worry about it you dont have to be a founder or developer to
> >have an
> >>> account there :)
> >>>
> >>> BR
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 9:11 PM Rich Shepard
> ><rshepard using appl-ecosys.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >    This is a question to better my understanding of the
> >relationship
> >>> > between
> >>> > core R versions and packages that work with them. It's not a
> >complaint
> >>> or
> >>> > criticism.
> >>> >
> >>> >    Installed here is R-3.5.1. There are two packages that allow
> >>> integration
> >>> > of R and GRASS that are not yet available for 3.5.1: rpy2 and
> >spgrass7.
> >>> >
> >>> >    Appreciating that package maintainers have day jobs that take
> >>> priority
> >>> > over volunteer package maintenance, I ask only for thoughts on
> >when
> >>> copies
> >>> > of those two packages _might_ be available for 3.5.1.
> >>> >
> >>> > Regards,
> >>> >
> >>> > Rich
> >>> >
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> >>> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
> >>> >
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> >>>
> >>> ______________________________
> >>>
> >>> Amit Mittal
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> >>>
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> >
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> >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>
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>
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