[R-pkg-devel] Changing package maintainers

[Josiah Parry]

Much appreciated, Josh! One day I’ll internalize everything in the
policies.

On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 12:32 Joshua Ulrich <josh.m.ulrich using gmail.com> wrote:

> The process is described in the 6th bullet of the "Source Packages"
> section of the CRAN Policies:
> https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/policies.html
>
> "When a new maintainer wishes to take over a package, this should be
> accompanied by the written agreement of the previous maintainer
> (unless the package has been formally orphaned)."
>
> So the current maintainer needs to send CRAN an email with the name
> and email address of the new maintainer.
>
> Best,
> Josh
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 10:38 AM Josiah Parry <josiah.parry using gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I intend to change the maintainer of my package {sfdep}
> > https://cran.r-project.org/package=sfdep.
> > Is the process as simple as submitting a new release where the
> DESCRIPTION
> > file changes who has the role of `aut`?
> >
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