[R-pkg-devel] Changing package maintainers
Much appreciated, Josh! One day I?ll internalize everything in the policies.
On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 12:32 Joshua Ulrich <josh.m.ulrich at gmail.com> wrote:
The process is described in the 6th bullet of the "Source Packages" section of the CRAN Policies: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/policies.html "When a new maintainer wishes to take over a package, this should be accompanied by the written agreement of the previous maintainer (unless the package has been formally orphaned)." So the current maintainer needs to send CRAN an email with the name and email address of the new maintainer. Best, Josh On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 10:38?AM Josiah Parry <josiah.parry at gmail.com> wrote:
I intend to change the maintainer of my package {sfdep}
https://cran.r-project.org/package=sfdep.
Is the process as simple as submitting a new release where the
DESCRIPTION
file changes who has the role of `aut`?
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