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

[Uwe Ligges]

On 17.03.2025 14:18, Lists wrote:
> 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")>     )


You should build with a recent version of R-dvel whic his also used for 
incoming checks on CRAN.

Best,
Uwe Ligges

>>
>> 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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>>
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