[R-pkg-devel] Change package maintainer

[Roy Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal]

Hi Uwe:

Is what you described the preferred way to change maintainers  (I have just taken over another package),  or would you prefer receiving an email from the old maintainer before the submission?

Thanks,

-Roy

> On Jul 1, 2021, at 8:38 AM, Uwe Ligges <ligges using statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote:
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> On 01.07.2021 16:10, Javier García Chamorro wrote:
>> Hi there, I have recently uploaded the first version of my R package to
>> CRAN. As it is part of my final degree project, I need to change the
>> maintainer to my supervisor, now that I have finished the project.
>> I changed in the DESCRIPTION file the proper data to do so, but when
>> receiving back the email from CRAN the only NOTE I have is this one:
>> * checking CRAN incoming feasibility ... NOTE
>> Maintainer: 'Fernando Carazo Developer <fcarazo using tecnun.es>'
>> New maintainer:
>>   Fernando Carazo Developer <fcarazo using tecnun.es>
>> Old maintainer(s):
>>   Javier Garcia Developer <a905125 using alumni.unav.es>
> 
> 1. Correct the name of the new maintainer whose family name is probably not "Developer". Apparently nobody spotted this in your initial submission.
> 
> 2. After successful submission to CRAN, the old maintainer will receive a confirmation request which you have to respond to.
> 
> Best,
> Uwe Ligges
> 
> 
> 
>> What do I need to do here?
>> Thank you
>> Javier
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