[R-pkg-devel] Case of package name

[Kevin Coombes]

Thanks; I suspected as much. I will try changing the name of the algorithm
(in the manuscript) to uppercase, and leave the package name alone.

On Mon, Dec 30, 2024, 10:59 AM Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 2024-12-30 10:36 a.m., Kevin R. Coombes wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I currently have a package on CRAN called "plasma" (which is an acronym
> > for an algorithm). Reviewers of the paper submitted to describe this
> > package/algorithm have requested that the name be changed to PLASMA to
> > make sure that users don't somehow think we are talking about the
> > similarly named component of the blood instead.
> >
> > Is there any simple way (that won't burden or confuse the CRAN
> > maintainers excessively) to make this change?
> >
>
> I don't think so.  CRAN won't allow a package named PLASMA to be
> submitted because plasma is already there and names need to be unique
> irrespective of case.
>
> The simplest thing that you could do is to choose a different name, e.g.
> PLASMA2, that doesn't conflict with any existing name, and then ask for
> plasma to be archived once PLASMA2 has been accepted.  But I think CRAN
> would be reluctant to do even this, because it inconveniences anyone who
> has used the plasma package.
>
> Alternatively, point out these issues to the reviewers, and suggest that
> confusion with blood plasma is unlikely given the context and full title
> of your package.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>

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