[R-pkg-devel] Warning from orphaned package on check page

[Liam J. Revell]

My apologies for the lack of clarity.

plotrix has been orphaned so my package results page now says

     checking package dependencies ... WARNING
     Requires orphaned package: ‘plotrix’

CRAN incoming requires maintainers to certify: 'I have fixed all 
problems shown on the package check page.' Since I can't unorphan 
plotrix, I can't certify this statement & thus can't get a new version 
of my package on CRAN. Advice on how to proceed is welcomed.

Liam J. Revell
Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston
Web: http://faculty.umb.edu/liam.revell/
Book: Phylogenetic Comparative Methods in R (Princeton University Press, 
2022)

On 11/9/2023 4:10 AM, Alexandre Courtiol wrote:
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> Dear Liam,
> I don't understand your question: if your package has plotrix listed 
> as a dependency, it won't affect plotrix.
> Only the opposite would be true. Could you please clarify and indicate 
> which package you are referring to?
> Thanks,
> Alex
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> On Thu, 9 Nov 2023 at 09:57, Liam J. Revell <liam.revell using umb.edu> wrote:
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>     Dear colleagues.
>
>     I'm trying to update a package on CRAN containing a dependency
>     (specifically, on the popular graphing package 'plotrix') that has
>     been
>     orphaned because the maintainer is deceased.
>
>     'plotrix' is imported by well over 100 other CRAN packages, so I
>     hope it
>     is not removed from CRAN. On the other hand, I don't want to certify
>     that 'I have fixed all problems shown on the package check page'
>     if this
>     is not, in fact, the case.
>
>     Can anyone comment on how one might proceed in this situation?
>
>     Thank you. -- Liam
>
>     -- 
>     Liam J. Revell
>     Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston
>     Web: http://faculty.umb.edu/liam.revell/
>     <http://faculty.umb.edu/liam.revell/>
>     Book: Phylogenetic Comparative Methods in R (Princeton University
>     Press,
>     2022)
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