[R-sig-Geo] Is the raster package still receiving updates?

Sun Oct 22 02:16:22 CEST 2017

I too expect to rely on the raster package for years, and would be willing
to help to the extent of my ability and resources.

Alex Brown (a.brown at ieee.org)
http://faculty.uml.edu/abrown  -->
https://sites.google.com/site/alexbrownuml

On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 12:54 PM, Vijay Lulla <vijaylulla at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just like Mike I too will rely on raster for many years still and I will be
> very happy to support efforts on this or whatever else the community
> leaders (Edzer, Roger, and others) decide is the best way for us to move
> forward.
>
> Thanks,
> Vijay.
>
> On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 5:32 AM, Edzer Pebesma <
> edzer.pebesma at uni-muenster.de> wrote:
>
> > The the NOTEs on CRAN and the issues raised on Mike's raster-rforge GH
> > repo to me suggest that raster has, for a while now, reached a mature
> > state. Of course, you'd wish that raster development, in terms of
> > extending its power and features, would continue the pace it did 10
> > years ago, but that's a different issue. Mike has write access to the
> > raster r-forge sources, it shouldn't be hard to support Robert with
> > current issues.
> >
> > Right after rstudio::conf (Feb 4/5) I'm meeting with Robert Hijmans and
> > Etienne Racine, to discuss, and work on raster future and integration of
> > rasters and stars. Anyone interested, feel free to join.
> >
> > Stars has the ambition to jump over raster, in the sense that it doesn't
> > want to have the local hard drive as a limitation. That calls for
> > rethinking quite a few things. So far, things are still all in main
> > memory but it already integrates with sf:
> >
> > https://gist.github.com/edzer/381dac079ddcd5174be31209675b3822
> >
> > and handles time stacks of different attributes in single objects. Feed
> > back welcome as always; will write up the first blog in a few weeks.
> >
> >
> > On 10/21/2017 10:41 AM, Roger Bivand wrote:
> > > Yes, this sounds fruitful. For now, I suggest that those wishing to
> > enhance raster do so in an additional package enhancing raster and
> > depending on it. Immediately, we should help Robert resolve the notes in
> > the tests, they do not affect functionality now, but deserve attention to
> > bring the package into full CRAN compliance. I can help with this.
> > >
> > > Roger
> > >
> > > Roger Bivand
> > > Norwegian School of Economics
> > > Bergen, Norway
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Fra: Chris Reudenbach
> > > Sendt: lørdag 21. oktober, 09.01
> > > Emne: Re: [R-sig-Geo] Is the raster package still receiving updates?
> > > Til: r-sig-geo at r-project.org
> > >
> > >
> > > Many of us rely on the raster package as a crucial basis for their
> work.
> > Big thank to Robert.  Nevertheless to contribute needs to focus needs and
> > ressources.  Maybe an information exchange/discussion with Robert about
> > options such as if/how the interested community can support would be more
> > productive. cheers Chris Am 21.10.2017 um 06:52 schrieb Roger Bivand: >
> The
> > CRAN raster package has not been abandoned, if it had, it would have been
> > reclassified as orphaned. Its test results have notes but no warnings or
> > errors. It would be orphaned if the maintainer did not respond to CRAN
> > requests to resolve test errors. Consequently, you are suggesting a fork,
> > and should rename any package. Only the maintainer may update existing
> CRAN
> > packages. I would not think that forking an existing CRAN package is the
> > most productive way of contributing to the community. The package has
> many
> > reverse dependencies, so setting up a test framework to find backwards
> > incompatibilities would be crucial. > > Of course, all contributions are
> > welcome. > > Roger > > Roger Bivand > Norwegian School of Economics >
> > Bergen, Norway > > > > Fra: Michael Sumner > Sendt: lørdag 21. oktober,
> > 06.28 > Emne: Re: [R-sig-Geo] Is the raster package still receiving
> > updates? > Til: Hodgess, Erin > Kopi: R-sig-geo Mailing List > > > Great!
> > I'm keen, but haven't done the work needed to flesh this out properly:
> > https://github.com/mdsumner/raster-rforge/issues I have not checked if
> > there's been any commits to r-forge since I cloned this. Cheers, Mike On
> > Sat, 21 Oct 2017, 12:58 Hodgess, Erin, wrote: > I could take a swat at
> it,
> > if you wish. Please do send me the list of > fixes. I could start in
> about
> > a week, if that would work. > Sincerely, > Erin > > > Erin M. Hodgess >
> > Associate Professor > Department of Mathematics and Statistics >
> University
> > of Houston - Downtown > mailto: hodgesse at uhd.edu > >
> > ________________________________________ > From: R-sig-Geo on behalf of
> > Michael > Sumner > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 8:05 PM > To: Thiago V.
> > dos Santos > Cc: R-sig-geo Mailing List > Subject: Re: [R-sig-Geo] Is the
> > raster package still receiving updates? > > No, it's effectively
> abandoned.
> > No concrete plans known. > > I'm interested to keep it going and have
> kept
> > a list of fixes needed, but > not sure when or if I'll get to it. > > I'd
> > support any efforts in this, I'll rely on raster for many years still. >
> >
> > Cheers, Mike > > On Sat, 21 Oct 2017, 02:05 Thiago V. dos Santos via
> > R-sig-Geo, < > r-sig-geo at r-project.org> wrote: > > > Dear list, > > > >
> I
> > realized that the latest version of the raster package was released on >
> >
> > CRAN over a year ago. > > > > I also noticed that Robert's participation
> in
> > this list has become rather > > scarce. > > > > I was just wondering
> > whether the raster package is still receiving > updates? > > > >
> Greetings,
> > > > -- Thiago V. dos Santos > > > > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > >
> > Department of Climate and Space Science and Engineering > > University of
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