[R-pkg-devel] ORCID ID finder via tools::CRAN_package_db() ?

[Kurt Hornik]

>>>>> Kurt Hornik writes:

Committed now.

Best
-k

>>>>> Dirk Eddelbuettel writes:
> Meanwhile, I am close to committing a change to R-devel which adds
> tools::CRAN_authors_db() with docs

>   \code{CRAN_authors_db()} returns information on the authors of the
>   current CRAN packages extracted from the \samp{Authors using R} fields in
>   the package \file{DESCRIPTION} files, as a data frame with character
>   columns giving the given and family names, email addresses,
>   \abbr{ORCID} identifier, roles, and comments of the person entries,
>   and the corresponding package.

> Once make check-all is done ...

> Best
> -k

> PS.  Sorry about tools:::.ORCID_iD_canonicalize(), had run into the same
> issue when building the authors db on the CRAN master (which uses
> current R release ...)

>> On 20 August 2024 at 15:47, Kurt Hornik wrote:
>> | >>>>> Kurt Hornik writes:
>> | 
>> | The variant attaches drops the URL and does unique.

>> Nice. Alas, some of us default to r-release as the daily driver and then

>> Error in unname(tools:::.ORCID_iD_canonicalize(o)) : 
>> object '.ORCID_iD_canonicalize' not found
>>> 

>> Will play with my 'RD' which I keep approximately 'weekly-current'. Quick
>> rebuild first.

>> Dirk

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