I think posting this to R-devel was a good idea. In any case, the new
maintainer should be aware about the many dependencies and that she or
he should be careful not to break code of others when updating.
Thank you for your contributions!!!
Best wishes,
Uwe Ligges
On 10.09.2011 19:14, David B. Dahl wrote:
Hello,
Regarding whether xtable is still maintained, yes, but at a minimal
level. I am committed to ensuring that it passes the tests on the
latest version of R, but I am having difficulty finding the time and
interest in incorporating new features. So, I'd be very glad if someone
would like to take over as the maintainer. In fact, a few weeks ago I
sent the following e-mail to Kurt Hornik:
Kurt,
I am the original author and maintainer of the xtable package first
released in 2000. Judging by the reverse dependencies and its common
use with Sweave, the popularity of my xtable far exceeded my
expectations.
xtable does everything I need (and more!), but I still get occasional
requests for new features, etc. I find that I have little time and
interest in extending it much further. I am happy to continue to make
sure it passes the checks with new releases of R, but I wonder if the
community would be served by a new maintainer. I read the document
here:
http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Orphaned/README
Do you have any further suggestions for a smooth transition?
-- David
--
David B. Dahl
Associate Professor
Department of Statistics
Texas A&M University
Phone: 979-845-3141 <tel:979-845-3141>
E-mail: d...@stat.tamu.edu <mailto:d...@stat.tamu.edu>
Website: http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~dahl
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