[R-pkg-devel] Change package maintainer

[Uwe Ligges]

On 02.07.2021 14:45, Spencer Graves wrote:
>        I can suggest one example: multcompView:  I created it during or 
> before 2006 and passed it during or before 2011 to Luciano Selzer 
> <luciano.selzer using gmail.com>.  I do not remember the exact process, and 
> procedures could have changed since then.  However, I think I remember 
> communicating with the CRAN maintainers after Selzer and I agreed he 
> would take it over.  Beyond that, I see that the DESCRIPTION file for 
> multicompView0.1-3 lists BOTH of us as Maintainer.  The version before 
> that lists me only, and the one after lists him.[1]

Although, the CRAN policies require a single maintainer these days.

Best,
Uwe


> 
>        Second, last September, Brian Ripley sent an email to 50 
> different people saying gdata had problems, the maintainer had not 
> responded, and it was scheduled to be archived along with all its strong 
> reverse dependencies on 2020-09-25.  I don't know what happened from 
> that except that the package is still on CRAN with date Published: 
> 2017-06-06, but my Ecfun package no longer uses it.
> 
> 
>        Beyond that, I'm pretty sure that anyone can adopt a package in 
> the archives that is no longer on CRAN and resurrect it if you agree to 
> fix the problems.  However, you should discuss with the CRAN maintainers.
> 
> 
>        Spencer
> 
> 
> [1]
> https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/multcompView/
> 
> 
> On 7/2/21 5:30 AM, Lluís Revilla wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I agree that the email handshake is the best approach (and very
>> reasonable to expect it).
>> I thought that maybe in cases like this there was a waiting period
>> and/or multiple attempts to contact the maintainer and someone on the
>> mailing list might have had some experience with the process.
>> When I'm ready to take over the package I will ask the CRAN team and
>> give them more details.
>>
>> Many thanks to all.
>>
>> Lluís Revilla
>>
>> On Fri, 2 Jul 2021 at 08:38, Uwe Ligges 
>> <ligges using statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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