[R-pkg-devel] how to notify users of obsolete and new package

[Bernd.Gruber]

Hi,

I have a quick question. I have an older package (dartR) that is now superseded by a series of new packages.

Still we noticed that several users have not updated yet and moved to the new package. Hence the question:

Is it okay to submit a "shell" package under the name of the old package that does nothing else than telling the user to install the new package (and a link/code how to do that)?

There would only be one function which is updating some legacy data to a new format.

Is that accepted or is there another way to let user know (e.g. via the CRAN package pages)?

Thanks and regards, Bernd


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