[R-pkg-devel] Transferring a package to a new maintainer

Please simply submit, we will try to find a way.

Best,
Uwe Ligges


On 17.12.2025 01:05, mai zhou wrote:

A related question.

The same maintainer, but a new email address. Instruction said  need an
email from the
old address to confirm changing to the new email...  (but I lost access
to the old email account).

I guess the question is how do I prove I am the same person
when I lost the old email account (even with same first and last name)?

Try to update package ELYP

best,

Mai Zhou

On Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 4:27?AM Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.tu-
dortmund.de <mailto:ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>> wrote:

    The new maintainers submits a new version (increased version number,
    updated maintainer information in the DESCRIPTION file).
    You (/the old maintainer) will be automatically asked to confirm the
    submission once the update passes incoming checks.

    Best,
    Uwe Ligges





    On 12.12.2025 09:26, Joris Meys via R-package-devel wrote:

     > Dear all,
     >
     > I'm going to transfer the pim package on CRAN to a new

    maintainer, but I'm not entirely certain how I'd go about this best.
    Do I submit the package with the updated DESCRIPTION file, or can
    they do that? Is there any other instance I need to inform in
    another way?

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