Hello R-pkg-devel, Our package vcfR, https://github.com/knausb/vcfR has been removed from CRAN because they asked me to make changes that I have not been able to make before their deadline. One of the issues was that the moniker "briank.lists" is not appropriate and that we should see CRAN policy. I interpret "CRAN policy" here to be the following link. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/policies.html I'm struggling with *why* is this inappropriate, so I do not understand how to fix it. My attempt to interpret this issue is that this "moniker" has been interpreted as a "mailing list" by a CRAN member. The policy states that a "single designated maintainer (a person, not a mailing list)" should be included in the DESCRIPTION. However, in vcfR this address is a "single designated maintainer" (me). It's where I receive mail from various mailing lists I've signed up for. For example, mail I receive from "R-pkg-devel" comes to this address. So I feel that this is confusion on the side of CRAN. Does anyone see a reason for *why* this may be considered inappropriate? Thank you! Brian Knaus
[R-pkg-devel] inappropriate maintainer moniker
3 messages · Ben Bolker, brian knaus
??? Once all the other issues are resolved, I'd suggest e-mailing r-cran-submissions with this explanation and asking for clarification. ??? My interpretation would have been the same as yours (i.e., that this is an appropriate e-mail address, and that CRAN maintainers may have misinterpreted it a mailing list address).
On 7/22/20 7:05 PM, brian knaus wrote:
Hello R-pkg-devel, Our package vcfR, https://github.com/knausb/vcfR has been removed from CRAN because they asked me to make changes that I have not been able to make before their deadline. One of the issues was that the moniker "briank.lists" is not appropriate and that we should see CRAN policy. I interpret "CRAN policy" here to be the following link. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/policies.html I'm struggling with *why* is this inappropriate, so I do not understand how to fix it. My attempt to interpret this issue is that this "moniker" has been interpreted as a "mailing list" by a CRAN member. The policy states that a "single designated maintainer (a person, not a mailing list)" should be included in the DESCRIPTION. However, in vcfR this address is a "single designated maintainer" (me). It's where I receive mail from various mailing lists I've signed up for. For example, mail I receive from "R-pkg-devel" comes to this address. So I feel that this is confusion on the side of CRAN. Does anyone see a reason for *why* this may be considered inappropriate? Thank you! Brian Knaus [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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3 days later
Thanks for giving this a look Ben! Good to hear I can convince at least one person of my position. My brain had not thought of CRAN-submissions at R-project.org, thanks for the suggestion! Brian
On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 5:57 PM Ben Bolker <bbolker at gmail.com> wrote:
Once all the other issues are resolved, I'd suggest e-mailing
r-cran-submissions with this explanation and asking for clarification.
My interpretation would have been the same as yours (i.e., that
this is an appropriate e-mail address, and that CRAN maintainers may
have misinterpreted it a mailing list address).
On 7/22/20 7:05 PM, brian knaus wrote:
Hello R-pkg-devel, Our package vcfR, https://github.com/knausb/vcfR has been removed from CRAN because they asked me to make changes that I have not been able to make before their deadline. One of the issues was that the moniker "briank.lists" is not appropriate and that we should see CRAN policy. I interpret "CRAN policy" here to be the following link. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/policies.html I'm struggling with *why* is this inappropriate, so I do not understand
how
to fix it. My attempt to interpret this issue is that this "moniker" has been interpreted as a "mailing list" by a CRAN member. The policy states that a "single designated maintainer (a person, not a mailing list)"
should
be included in the DESCRIPTION. However, in vcfR this address is a
"single
designated maintainer" (me). It's where I receive mail from various
mailing
lists I've signed up for. For example, mail I receive from "R-pkg-devel"
comes to this address. So I feel that this is confusion on the side of
CRAN. Does anyone see a reason for *why* this may be considered
inappropriate?
Thank you!
Brian Knaus
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