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

Sun Oct 22 15:36:17 CEST 2017

Here's what I think should happen:

 Robert Hijmans lets us know what his vision of raster is, and how he plans
to support it.

 He should say if he wishes to carry on as maintainer or not. If not, we
need a new maintainer and then we can think about moving development to
gitlab, or whatever.

Barry

On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 1:16 AM, Alexander Brown <a.brown at ieee.org> wrote:

> 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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