[R-sig-Geo] Checking for interest in taking over the development of the seg package

[Guilherme Kenji Chihaya]

Hi all
The seg package, that implements spatial segregation measures of various
kinds has been abandoned by its previous developer and kicked out from CRAN
for not passing its tests. Worse yet, other packages that implemented the
same segregation indices (like OasisR) depend on seg.

The previous maintainer does not respond anymore to the issue threads on
github and Roger Bivand suggested to me that I ask here if anyone is
interested in taking over the maintenance.

The main issue with the package is that it relied on spgrass6. That has
been fixed since then by the former maintainer but it still doesn't pass
the checks at CRAN. It also looks like it could use changing documentation
to Roxygen and finalizing its transition from using sp to using sf objects.


I am up to helping out with these tasks but my R skills are not the most
advanced, and would prefer to do it with someone more knowledgeable. Is
there anybody interested in joining me for that?

Cheers
Guilherme Chihaya

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