[R-pkg-devel] Package bioOED has been removed from CRAN just for personal reasons

[Alberto Garre]

Dear community,

I feel dismay for having to write this email, but the issue must be brought
up. On the 20th of October, I received an email from CRAN warning me of an
issue with one of the packages I maintain (bioOED). The package depended on
MEIGOR, a package that was no longer available in Bioconductor. I was given
until 2023-11-03 to fix the issue.

I contacted the MEIGOR maintainers and they told me they were migrating to
CRAN. Yesterday, they contacted me again, telling me they needed more time
for the migration. Hence, I responded to the email I received from CRAN,
asking for an extension of the previous deadline (2023-11-03).

To my surprise, it is not just that the extension was not granted, but the
package has been removed from CRAN today (2023-11-01). Two days before the
deadline (2023-11-03): https://cran.r-project.org/package=bioOED

Then, I checked my inbox and I saw an email from one of the CRAN
maintainers, showing that the package was removed because he had felt
offended by my email. I copy-paste the email below.

I understand that maintaining CRAN must be a huge work. I also work in
academia, so I am totally aware of all the extra work that is required from
us. But it is unreasonable that a package can be removed just because a
maintainer throws a tantrum

Again, I am really sorry I had to write this email, but CRAN cannot work if
we allow this type of situation.

Kind regards,
Alberto Garre

## Mail from ............ on 2023-11-01 8:28

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> El vie, 20 oct 2023 a las 9:24, Alberto Garre (<garre.alberto using gmail.com>)
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>> Thank you very much,  .........
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>> I have just contacted the developers of MEIGOR because I think they were
>> planning a migration to CRAN. I will update the package asap.
>>
>> Best,
>> Alberto
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>> El vie, 20 oct 2023 a las 9:22, .............................  escribió:


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