I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and r-base/bionic-cran35,now 3.6.3-1bionic all [installed] 3.6.3 is also the latest version in the repository.
On Fri, 30 Oct 2020 at 12:21, Marc Schwartz via R-help <r-help@r-project.org> wrote: > > > On Oct 29, 2020, at 6:35 PM, H <age...@meddatainc.com> wrote: > > > > On 10/29/2020 01:49 PM, Marc Schwartz wrote: > >>> On Oct 29, 2020, at 1:29 PM, H <age...@meddatainc.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> I tried to install the fredr package yesterday to access the data > series hosted by the St. Louis Fed but my installation of R, version 3.6, > tells me it is not available from a cran repository. > >>> > >>> I could not find any information on this on the fredr information > package and was wondering if anyone here might know? > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> When that happens, check the CRAN page for the package: > >> > >> https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/fredr/index.html > >> > >> where you will see that the package has been archived as a result of a > lack of response by the maintainer to problems with the package. > >> > >> The archive link on the above page allows you to download the last > version of the source package tarball, however, the check results for the > package show numerous issues. > >> > >> You may want to contact the package maintainer (sboy...@gmail.com) to > see what the current status of the package is, and if they plan to resolve > the issues. If not, consider alternative approaches. > >> > >> You should also consider updating your R installation, as 3.6.0 is well > over a year old at this point. 4.0.3 is the current stable release. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Marc Schwartz > > > > Thank you. That is very surprising! I would have thought there would be > sufficient number of users and interest enough for this important package > that it would be maintained! > > > > As for R 3.6, it is the latest version in the repository for my > operating system, CentOS/RHEL... > > > Hi, > > On your first point, the number of users is largely irrelevant, if the > package maintainer no longer has the interest or the time to continue to > support it. It is possible, in that scenario, that an interested user, who > has the time and interest, might engage in a process to take over such > maintenance. > > Keep in mind that package maintainers are, in the vast majority of cases, > volunteers. Their motivations for creating and maintaining CRAN packages > will vary. > > I did a quick check and found that there are discussions in the Issues > section of the package's Github repo: > > https://github.com/sboysel/fredr > > that suggest that such discussions are indeed taking place. So perhaps the > situation with CRAN will be resolved in time. Again, you should contact the > maintainer to get a better sense of their plans and possible timeline. > > With respect to CentOS/RHEL, you might post to r-sig-fedora, which focuses > on R issues on RH derived Linux distros, to see if there are any plans to > update R for your version of the distribution: > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-fedora > > The R RPM maintainers, like Tom Callaway, follow that list. > > Regards, > > Marc > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.