[R-pkg-devel] Change package maintainer

[Uwe Ligges]

On 01.07.2021 23:52, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> On 01/07/2021 3:11 p.m., Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
>>
>> On 1 July 2021 at 20:00, Lluís Revilla wrote:
>> | I have a question related to changing maintainers.
>> | What happens when the old/current maintainer does not respond to
>> | emails or other methods of contact?
>> | Would the new maintainer need to wait until the package is removed
>> | from CRAN to submit it again?
>>
>> Not speaking for CRAN here but my understanding always was that a full 
>> and
>> complete 'email handshake' with both old and new maintainer was strongly
>> preferred / the default simply to prevent misunderstandings or 
>> shenanigans.
> 
> I'd agree in the normal case where the package is still active on CRAN.
> 
> In the case where a package has unaddressed issues with no response to 
> CRAN from the maintainer, they'd probably be quite happy to have someone 
> volunteer to take over.

... and if in doubt, ask the CRAN team and give them details.

Best,
Uwe Ligges


> Duncan Murdoch
> 
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