On Thu, 11 Aug 2011, Jesse Brown wrote:
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 12:09 AM, Rolf Turner <rolf.tur...@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
On 11/08/11 13:19, Jesse Brown wrote:
I've run across what I think is a small bug in the plotrix package.
I've tried to contact the maintainer (Jim Lemon) directly but email is
returned 'undeliverable' at the provided address.
What is the best method to push a patch to a CRAN package in this case?
Thank you,
Jim posted to r-help as recently as 9 August 2011, using the email
address that is given by maintainer("plotrix").
Are you sure you didn't somehow mis-specify the address?
cheers,
Rolf Turner
No. In fact I tried twice. I've sent yet another to that address this
evening. If that fails I will post something to this list (it is a
minimal change).
There really is no point in doing that. Only the maintainer can
change a package and submit an update, with three exceptions:
(1) CRAN is convinced that the maintainer has disappeared when the
package would be orphaned/archived. That is not done lightly, and we
have often managed to track down maintainers who have moved without
informing CRAN.
(2) There is written confirmation from both parties of a switch in
maintainer.
(3) The CRAN team do put up NMUs (non-maintainer updates) that are
urgently needed to keep things working (usually only after a
non-response from the maintainer).
I had no idea about the maintainer() function - very useful to know (I
was using the CRAN web page)
Which is likely to be more accurate, since it is taken directly from
the latest version of the package.
Thanks,
Jesse
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