[R-pkg-devel] Directing package feedback to Github issues

[Bruce Hoff]

Iñaki:
That's perfect.
Thanks,
Bruce

On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 4:43 PM, Iñaki Úcar <i.ucar86 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 2017-08-23 1:37 GMT+02:00 Bruce Hoff <bruce.hoff at sagebase.org>:
> > The official instructions for writing an R package (
> https://cran.r-project.
> > org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-exts.html) states, in part,
> >
> > "The mandatory ‘Maintainer’ field should give a *single* name followed
> by a
> > *valid* (RFC 2822) email address in angle brackets.... For a CRAN package
> > it should be a *person*, not a mailing list and not a corporate entity:
> do
> > ensure that it is valid and will remain valid for the lifetime of the
> > package."
> >
> >
> > It seems like user feedback for a package (e.g. bug reports and feature
> > requests) to the maintainer would best be provided in terms of issues
> > opened in an issue tracking system rather than an email sent to a
> "person,
> > not a mailing list".  A prominent example is Github issue tracking, where
> > the Github repository for the issues could be the same issue.
> >
> > Is there an accepted approach among R package authors to direct users of
> a
> > package to an issue tracking system?
>
> See 8 paragraphs ahead of that quote:
>
> "The ‘BugReports’ field may contain a single URL to which bug reports
> about the package should be submitted. This URL will be used by
> bug.report instead of sending an email to the maintainer."
>
> Iñaki
>

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