Message-ID: <CALEXWq24kaBzxB1fjaYonQCYZW51b4=PgzF87NLBUguBQcrfQQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: 2018-02-25T23:20:25Z
From: Iñaki Ucar
Subject: [R-pkg-devel] author field in description problem
In-Reply-To: <0E360C1B-6466-4DF4-BC90-43D7A91D6001@revelle.net>
2018-02-25 23:49 GMT+01:00 William Revelle <lists at revelle.net>:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to take advantage of the Authors at R: field in my description file for the psych package to add an ORCID address (as discussed in the R journal).
>
> When I R CMD check with R development on my Mac, or with win builder it passes all checks. (R Under development (unstable) (2018-02-23 r74298) )
>
> But, when I test with current R on a Mac or at win builder it throws a note:
>
> Author field differs from that derived from Authors at R
> Author: 'William Revelle [aut, cre] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4880-9610>)'
> Authors at R: 'William Revelle [aut, cre] (0000-0003-4880-9610)?
>
>
> Is there a way to fix this or should I just go ahead and submit to CRAN with a note saying that it works on R development but gives a note on R 3.4.3 ?
>
> The offending line in the Description file seems to be
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> Authors at R: person("William", "Revelle", role =c("aut","cre"), email="revelle at northwestern.edu", comment=c(ORCID = "0000-0003-4880-9610") )
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
You can use ?Authors at R? only to fix this NOTE. According to "Writing R
Extensions":
"Both ?Author? and ?Maintainer? fields can be omitted if a suitable
?Authors at R? field is given. [...] The ?Author? and ?Maintainer? fields
are auto-generated from it if needed when building or installing."
I?aki
>
> Bill
>
>