[R-pkg-devel] NOTE about authors, no explanation

Lists ||@t@ @end|ng |rom dewey@myzen@co@uk
Mon Mar 17 14:18:18 CET 2025


Dear Mark

That note is entirely expected. I believe it is just to help the CRAN 
maintainers.

Michael

On 16/03/2025 22:06, Mark Webster via R-package-devel wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm getting a NOTE on winbuilder, which doesn't come with much information:
> Build log:> * using log directory 'd:/RCompile/CRANguest/R-devel/autodb.Rcheck'
>> * using R version 4.5.0 alpha (2025-03-15 r87978 ucrt)
>> * using platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32
>> * R was compiled by
>>      gcc.exe (GCC) 14.2.0
>>      GNU Fortran (GCC) 14.2.0
>> * running under: Windows Server 2022 x64 (build 20348)
>> * using session charset: UTF-8
>> * checking for file 'autodb/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
>> * this is package 'autodb' version '2.3.0'
>> * package encoding: UTF-8
>> * checking CRAN incoming feasibility ... NOTE
>> Maintainer: 'Mark Webster <markwebster204 using yahoo.co.uk>'
>>
>> New submission [etc., no other problems]
> Author text in original DESCRIPTION:> Authors using R: >     person(>       "Mark",>       "Webster", >       email = "markwebster204 using yahoo.co.uk",>       role = c("aut", "cre"),>       comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-3351-0686")>     )
> 
> 
> If I build locally, the release (4.3.2) and development (2025-03-15 r87978 ucrt) versions do differ by the resulting Author DESCRIPTION field: the development version puts ORCID: in front of the Orcid URL.However, they both get the NOTE on Winbuilder.What is the error here?
> Best Regards,Mark Webster
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