Is this a new policy? Will packages that currently have multiple
maintainers be required to remove all but one?
All three of the packages I maintain have multiple maintainers listed.
In two cases, I added a second maintainer to the packages before I went
on parental leave, to ensure that someone would be able to respond to
issues in a timely manner. In the third case, I took over primary
maintenance of a package from its original author, but he would still
like to able to submit changes to Bioconductor. In all these cases, I
think the ability to have multiple maintainers has improved the
reliability of the packages, rather than the reverse.
Stephanie
On 10/31/17 4:16 AM, Wolfgang Huber wrote:
In this matter, Bioconductor follows the CRAN policy:
https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/policies.html
"The package’s DESCRIPTION file must show both the name and email
address of a single designated maintainer (a person, not a mailing list)."
I understand that the intention for this is to have a single point of
contact for package-related queries from others. This person can then,
of course, delegate the work as they see fit.
Kind regards
Wolfgang
31.10.17 10:45, Fatemehsadat Seyednasrollah scripsit:
Hi,
I wanted to ask how can I add additional maintainers who can update
git and consequently the package. I think there should be instructions
but I could nt find.
Best regards,
Fatemeh
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