[R-pkg-devel] confusing NOTE about Authors maybe from R field in winbuilder on R devel

[Uwe Ligges]

Most easily rebuild your package with a recent version of R-devel.
Then these fields will match again.

Best,
Uwe Ligges


On 24.01.2025 14:02, Thierry Onkelinx wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> Can someone elaborate why I'm getting this NOTE on winbuilder? The
> difference seems to be in the formatting. The Author field seems to ignore
> the vector names in the comment field and Authors using R displays these names.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Thierry
> 
> NOTE from winbuilder
> 
> * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... NOTE
> Author field differs from that derived from Authors using R
>    Author:    'Thierry Onkelinx [aut, cre] (<
> https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8804-4216>, Research Institute for Nature and
> Forest (INBO)), Floris Vanderhaeghe [ctb] (<
> https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6378-6229>, Research Institute for Nature and
> Forest (INBO)), Peter Desmet [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8442-8025>,
> Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)), Els Lommelen [ctb] (<
> https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3481-5684>, Research Institute for Nature and
> Forest (INBO)), Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) [cph, fnd]'
>    Authors using R: 'Thierry Onkelinx [aut, cre] (ORCID: <
> https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8804-4216>, affiliation: Research Institute for
> Nature and Forest (INBO)), Floris Vanderhaeghe [ctb] (ORCID: <
> https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6378-6229>, affiliation: Research Institute for
> Nature and Forest (INBO)), Peter Desmet [ctb] (ORCID: <
> https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8442-8025>, affiliation: Research Institute for
> Nature and Forest (INBO)), Els Lommelen [ctb] (ORCID: <
> https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3481-5684>, affiliation: Research Institute for
> Nature and Forest (INBO)), Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
> [cph, fnd]'
> 
> The DESCRIPTION has
> 
> Authors using R: c(
> 
>      person("Thierry", "Onkelinx", , "thierry.onkelinx using inbo.be", role =
> c("aut", "cre"),
>             comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-8804-4216", affiliation =
> "Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)")),
>      person("Floris", "Vanderhaeghe", , "floris.vanderhaeghe using inbo.be",
> role = "ctb",
>             comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-6378-6229", affiliation =
> "Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)")),
>      person("Peter", "Desmet", , "peter.desmet using inbo.be", role = "ctb",
>             comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-8442-8025", affiliation =
> "Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)")),
>      person("Els", "Lommelen", , "els.lommelen using inbo.be", role = "ctb",
>             comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-3481-5684", affiliation =
> "Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)")),
>      person("Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)", , ,
> "info using inbo.be", role = c("cph", "fnd"))
>    )
> 
> 
> 
> ir. Thierry Onkelinx
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