[R-pkg-devel] Package ‘wflo’ was removed from the CRAN repository.

[Lluís Revilla]

Hi,

I would still submit the package:
First I agree with Ben that the note is worth fixing (and easily enough you
just need to remove rgdal from your Description if it is not used.)
Second, and more important, because perhaps in the 9 months since the last
check changes in r-devel or quality checks might currently cause the
package to fail the checks.

The idea behind CRAN, and packages repositories like it (Bioconductor), is
that packages in them should work together.
Sometimes this makes it easier for developers to write more complex
packages but dependencies have their own cost such as this situation.
You can share your package via other methods but usually users install
packages from repositories.

Cheers,

Lluís


On Thu, 22 Sept 2022 at 22:25, Ben Bolker <bbolker using gmail.com> wrote:

>    * Automatic unarchiving *might* happen because someone on the CRAN
> team happens to read this thread, but you will improve your odds greatly
> by e-mailing cran using r-project.org with as polite a request as you can
> manage ...
>
>   * My guess is that nothing will happen until you resubmit (FWIW the
> NOTE definitely seems like something CRAN would object to, so you should
> fix it before resubmitting ...)
>
>    good luck,
>     Ben Bolker
>
> On 9/22/22 4:15 PM, Carsten Croonenbroeck wrote:
> > Hi Lluís,
> >
> > thanks for the clarification. And kudos to your detective flair. I’m
> serious about that, as I would never have found out about this chain of
> events.
> >
> > Well, there are no error or warnings to fix, so I think it would be best
> if someone from the CRAN team could “unarchive” wflo since there is no
> problem there and none of the events that were set in motion were due to
> any of my doings. Actually, I don’t really agree to have to resubmit, and
> my time for doing so is very limited. Maybe in the next few weeks or so.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Carsten
> >
> >
> > Von: Lluís Revilla [mailto:lluis.revilla using gmail.com]
> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 22. September 2022 15:33
> > An: Carsten Croonenbroeck
> > Cc: r-package-devel using r-project.org
> > Betreff: Re: [R-pkg-devel] Package ‘wflo’ was removed from the CRAN
> repository.
> >
> > Hi Carsten,
> >
> > This seems to be an unfortunate chain of events between different
> packages: RcppMLPACK -> emstreeR -> wflo
> >
> > Package RcppMLPACK was archived on 2021-12-20 as issues were not
> corrected despite reminders.
> > This resulted in the package emstreeR being archived on 2021-12-20 as
> requires archived package 'RcppMLPACK'.
> > Which also resulted in your package, wflo, being archived.
> > Later, emstreeR was unarchived on 2022-03-21 after a successful
> submission improving the dependencies (probably removing the dependency to
> RcppMLPACK).
> > You can see the source of this info on
> https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/PACKAGES.in
> >
> > About the emails, usually maintainers whose package depends on a package
> that is about to be removed receive an email with a date by which they
> should fix the problems.
> > But, as I am not part of the CRAN team I cannot check it.
> >
> > I would recommend preparing a new submission with all the errors and
> warnings fixed.
> > Note that I think the package will be checked as a new package.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Lluís
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 22 Sept 2022 at 13:17, Carsten Croonenbroeck <
> carsten.croonenbroeck using uni-rostock.de<mailto:
> carsten.croonenbroeck using uni-rostock.de>> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was really, really, really surprised to learn today that my package
> “wflo” was removed from CRAN almost a year ago!
> >
> > Telling from the output at https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=wflo,
> this is due to my package being “Archived on 2021-12-20 as requires
> archived package 'emstreeR'.” However, emstreeR is in no way archived (see
> https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=emstreeR). Clicking “check results
> archive”, it says that there is only a note
> >
> > Result: NOTE
> >      Namespace in Imports field not imported from: ‘rgdal’
> >       All declared Imports should be used.
> >
> > which is indeed correct, I don’t use rgdal anymore. What now, remove the
> rgdal import and resubmit? How come I wasn’t informed, my E-Mail is running
> perfectly. Very puzzling…
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Carsten
> >
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