[Bioc-devel] EXTERNAL: Author/maintainer field no longer accepted.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. The package guidelines should now reflect this change.

Best,
Kayla

?On 8/10/20, 5:06 AM, "Bioc-devel on behalf of Manders-2, F.M." <bioc-devel-bounces at r-project.org on behalf of F.M.Manders at prinsesmaximacentrum.nl> wrote:

    Hi All,

    R BiocCheck no longer seems to accept a Author/Maintainer field. (https://github.com/Bioconductor/BiocCheck/commit/e0176f6591c771774f6cb05d4ff8bc1b145ad10e)

    * Checking for valid maintainer...
        * ERROR: Remove Maintainer field. Use Authors at R [cre] designation.

    However, the package guidelines (https://www.bioconductor.org/developers/package-guidelines/) still say that a Author/Maintainer field is allowed:
    Authors at R or Author/Maintainer:? fields: Use either Authors at R field or Author: and Maintainer: fields, not both.

    I think the guidelines need to be updated.

    With kind regards,
    Freek Manders



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