[Rd] Bad URLs in DESCRIPTION files

2025-04-05 Thread Colin Gillespie
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 - ajmols...@github.io/ - but returns a 404. Almost certainly a typo. redistmetrics: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/redistmetrics/index.html Not

Re: [Rd] Bad URLs in DESCRIPTION files

2025-04-04 Thread Kurt Hornik
> Colin Gillespie writes: >> 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

Re: [Rd] Bad URLs in DESCRIPTION files

2025-04-04 Thread Colin Gillespie
> 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 sugg

Re: [Rd] Bad URLs in DESCRIPTION files

2025-04-03 Thread Lluís Revilla
Hi Colin, I'm surprised this wasn't captured by the url checker on CRAN. Are you suggesting a new check on package descriptions for the urls present? In that case I guess it could be part of the standard R CMD check. Lluís On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 at 17:17, Colin Gillespie wrote: > Hi All, > > Just