There is a field URL in the DESCRIPTION file of the package. Could you use it for route support request?
2008/10/3 William Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Our firm would like to route support requests through > a website instead of using email. However R will refuse > to install a package if DESCRIPTION's Maintainer field > does not have a valid email adress or the special value > "ORPHANED". (The check is done with > tools:::.valid_maintainer_field_regexp.) > > I imagine a typical Maintainer line for the package "foo" > might be something like > Maintainer: Amalgamated Widget's Support Team > <http://support.amalgamatedwidgets.com/spackage?name=foo> > > How much does the package system (or CRAN) depend on > the Maintainer field being an email address? I can imagine > programs would find mailing to an address easier than > dealing with a website, but humans would have a better experience > with a well designed website. Perhaps we could add an optional > %s field to the website so a program could post a small message. > > Bill Dunlap > TIBCO Spotfire Inc. > wdunlap tibco.com > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
