> I'm surprised this wasn't captured by the url checker on CRAN. As was I
> Are you suggesting a new check on package descriptions for the urls present? Yes - but more fixing edge cases than a new check > In that case I guess it could be part of the standard R CMD check. Yep. Kurt's message suggests that these were edge cases that missed the check. Thanks > > Lluís > > On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 at 17:17, Colin Gillespie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> Just want to flag a few packages: >> >> MatrixLDA: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/MatrixLDA/index.html >> The URL is technically valid - [email protected]/ - but returns a >> 404. Almost certainly a typo. >> >> redistmetrics: >> https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/redistmetrics/index.html >> Not a valid URL: https::/github.com/alarm-redist/redistmetrics/ >> >> yarrr: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/yarrr/ >> It looks like a lapsed domain, and Cypro folks have grabbed it. >> >> Thanks >> >> Colin >> >> Ps I only found the last package because the name caught my attention >> >> ______________________________________________ >> [email protected] mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
