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

Mon Oct 23 08:51:27 CEST 2017

For a variety of reasons, I have not been able to do much work on raster
for the past year. And most of my thinking about it, and some work, has
been around a next generation replacement that is simpler in use and much
faster.
But for now, over the coming months, I will make sure that it gets updated
and bugs get fixed.

Best, Robert

On Sunday, October 22, 2017, Barry Rowlingson <b.rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','b.rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk');>> wrote:

> 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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> > Division >
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> > >
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> > > Dept. of Geography,
> > > Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
> > > 425 University Blvd, CA-207C.
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