[R-pkg-devel] Change email address

[Zhiqiang Wang]

Thanks a lot. That's helpful. I will update before my current work email disappears.

Zhiqiang
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From: Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, 23 February 2022 11:07 PM
To: Zhiqiang Wang <zhiqiang.wang using menzies.edu.au>; r-package-devel using r-project.org <r-package-devel using r-project.org>
Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] Change email address

On 22/02/2022 8:20 p.m., Zhiqiang Wang wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I am the maintainer of packages "chest" and "allestimates". With my employment change, I would like to change my work email to a gmail address.
> After reading https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcran.r-project.org%2Fweb%2Fpackages%2Fpolicies.html&data=04%7C01%7Czhiqiang.wang%40menzies.edu.au%7Cf7ae93fd04684cfbfce408d9f6d1972c%7C9f2487678e1a42f3836fc092ab95ff70%7C0%7C0%7C637812202459993670%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=BHWjkc8WFbRA8qfyOkTB7khq1Aal4ARCy6b%2FjSuqVag%3D&reserved=0, I am still not clear how to change my email and whether I need to resubmit package updates. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

While your old email address still works, you don't need to submit a
package update.  If it will stop working, or you don't want CRAN to use
it any more, then you should submit one.

When you (eventually) update your package, include the new email
address, and mention in the submission message that you are changing the
maintainer address.  CRAN will probably write to the old address to
confirm the change, so it's a good idea to make the change before the
old email goes away.

If the old address disappears before you have a chance to change the
package it creates extra work for everyone, because it makes it hard for
CRAN to verify that you aren't trying to hijack someone else's package.

Duncan Murdoch

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