It depends on the specific case but attempting to check with the previous maintainer/author looks like a courteous first step before taking over.
Georgi Boshnakov -----Original Message----- From: R-package-devel [mailto:r-package-devel-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Dirk Eddelbuettel Sent: 05 April 2019 12:53 To: peter dalgaard Cc: r-package-devel@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] attempt to re-insert old removed package On 5 April 2019 at 13:30, peter dalgaard wrote: | For most packages[*], I assume that you can just take on the role as maintainer, bump the version number and resubmit. If you don't actually maintain it, then of course it might fall of CRAN again after a while. | | -pd | | [*] Actually, I expect that CRAN policy implies "all" here; I just can't be bothered to check... One important aspect, though, is that | > However some small changes to the source were enough to get it installed | > via R CMD INSTALL, so I thought I might how difficult it would be to get it may not be enough. Re-admitting a dead package is closer to admitting a new package so it is expected to be free and clear of WARNING, NOTE and ERROR too. Dirk -- http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | e...@debian.org ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
