I too expect to rely on the raster package for years, and would be willing to help to the extent of my ability and resources.
Alex Brown ([email protected]) http://faculty.uml.edu/abrown --> https://sites.google.com/site/alexbrownuml On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 12:54 PM, Vijay Lulla <[email protected]> wrote: > Just like Mike I too will rely on raster for many years still and I will be > very happy to support efforts on this or whatever else the community > leaders (Edzer, Roger, and others) decide is the best way for us to move > forward. > > Thanks, > Vijay. > > On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 5:32 AM, Edzer Pebesma < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > The the NOTEs on CRAN and the issues raised on Mike's raster-rforge GH > > repo to me suggest that raster has, for a while now, reached a mature > > state. Of course, you'd wish that raster development, in terms of > > extending its power and features, would continue the pace it did 10 > > years ago, but that's a different issue. Mike has write access to the > > raster r-forge sources, it shouldn't be hard to support Robert with > > current issues. > > > > Right after rstudio::conf (Feb 4/5) I'm meeting with Robert Hijmans and > > Etienne Racine, to discuss, and work on raster future and integration of > > rasters and stars. Anyone interested, feel free to join. > > > > Stars has the ambition to jump over raster, in the sense that it doesn't > > want to have the local hard drive as a limitation. That calls for > > rethinking quite a few things. So far, things are still all in main > > memory but it already integrates with sf: > > > > https://gist.github.com/edzer/381dac079ddcd5174be31209675b3822 > > > > and handles time stacks of different attributes in single objects. Feed > > back welcome as always; will write up the first blog in a few weeks. > > > > > > On 10/21/2017 10:41 AM, Roger Bivand wrote: > > > Yes, this sounds fruitful. For now, I suggest that those wishing to > > enhance raster do so in an additional package enhancing raster and > > depending on it. Immediately, we should help Robert resolve the notes in > > the tests, they do not affect functionality now, but deserve attention to > > bring the package into full CRAN compliance. I can help with this. > > > > > > Roger > > > > > > Roger Bivand > > > Norwegian School of Economics > > > Bergen, Norway > > > > > > > > > > > > Fra: Chris Reudenbach > > > Sendt: lørdag 21. oktober, 09.01 > > > Emne: Re: [R-sig-Geo] Is the raster package still receiving updates? > > > Til: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > Many of us rely on the raster package as a crucial basis for their > work. > > Big thank to Robert. Nevertheless to contribute needs to focus needs and > > ressources. Maybe an information exchange/discussion with Robert about > > options such as if/how the interested community can support would be more > > productive. cheers Chris Am 21.10.2017 um 06:52 schrieb Roger Bivand: > > The > > CRAN raster package has not been abandoned, if it had, it would have been > > reclassified as orphaned. Its test results have notes but no warnings or > > errors. It would be orphaned if the maintainer did not respond to CRAN > > requests to resolve test errors. Consequently, you are suggesting a fork, > > and should rename any package. Only the maintainer may update existing > CRAN > > packages. I would not think that forking an existing CRAN package is the > > most productive way of contributing to the community. The package has > many > > reverse dependencies, so setting up a test framework to find backwards > > incompatibilities would be crucial. > > Of course, all contributions are > > welcome. > > Roger > > Roger Bivand > Norwegian School of Economics > > > Bergen, Norway > > > > Fra: Michael Sumner > Sendt: lørdag 21. oktober, > > 06.28 > Emne: Re: [R-sig-Geo] Is the raster package still receiving > > updates? > Til: Hodgess, Erin > Kopi: R-sig-geo Mailing List > > > Great! > > I'm keen, but haven't done the work needed to flesh this out properly: > > https://github.com/mdsumner/raster-rforge/issues I have not checked if > > there's been any commits to r-forge since I cloned this. Cheers, Mike On > > Sat, 21 Oct 2017, 12:58 Hodgess, Erin, wrote: > I could take a swat at > it, > > if you wish. Please do send me the list of > fixes. I could start in > about > > a week, if that would work. > Sincerely, > Erin > > > Erin M. Hodgess > > > Associate Professor > Department of Mathematics and Statistics > > University > > of Houston - Downtown > mailto: [email protected] > > > > ________________________________________ > From: R-sig-Geo on behalf of > > Michael > Sumner > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 8:05 PM > To: Thiago V. > > dos Santos > Cc: R-sig-geo Mailing List > Subject: Re: [R-sig-Geo] Is the > > raster package still receiving updates? > > No, it's effectively > abandoned. > > No concrete plans known. > > I'm interested to keep it going and have > kept > > a list of fixes needed, but > not sure when or if I'll get to it. > > I'd > > support any efforts in this, I'll rely on raster for many years still. > > > > > Cheers, Mike > > On Sat, 21 Oct 2017, 02:05 Thiago V. dos Santos via > > R-sig-Geo, < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear list, > > > > > I > > realized that the latest version of the raster package was released on > > > > > CRAN over a year ago. > > > > I also noticed that Robert's participation > in > > this list has become rather > > scarce. > > > > I was just wondering > > whether the raster package is still receiving > updates? > > > > > Greetings, > > > > -- Thiago V. dos Santos > > > > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > > > > Department of Climate and Space Science and Engineering > > University of > > Michigan > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > R-sig-Geo mailing list > > [email protected] > > > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo > > > -- > Dr. Michael > > Sumner > Software and Database Engineer > Australian Antarctic Division > > > 203 Channel Highway > Kingston Tasmania 7050 Australia > > [[alternative > > HTML version deleted]] > > ____ > ______________________________ > _____________ > > > R-sig-Geo mailing list > [email protected] > > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo > -- Dr. Michael Sumner > > Software and Database Engineer Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel > > Highway Kingston Tasmania 7050 Australia [[alternative HTML version > > deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-sig-Geo > > mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/ > > listinfo/r-sig-geo > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > _______________________________________________ > R-sig-Geo mailing list > > > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/ > > listinfo/r-sig-geo > -- Dr Christoph Reudenbach, Philipps-University of > > Marburg, Faculty of Geography, GIS and Environmental Modeling, > > Deutschhausstr. 10, D-35032 Marburg, fon: ++49.(0)6421.2824296, fax: > > ++49.(0)6421.2828950, web: gis-ma.org, giswerk.org, > > moc.environmentalinformatics-marburg.de ______________________________ > _________________ > > R-sig-Geo mailing list [email protected] > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo > > > > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > R-sig-Geo mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo > > > > > > > -- > > Edzer Pebesma > > Institute for Geoinformatics > > Heisenbergstrasse 2, 48151 Muenster, Germany > > Phone: +49 251 8333081 > > _______________________________________________ > > R-sig-Geo mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo > > > > > > -- > Vijay Lulla, Ph.D. > > Assistant Professor, > Dept. of Geography, > Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) > 425 University Blvd, CA-207C. > Indianapolis, IN-46202 > [email protected] > > <http://vijaylulla.com> > http://vijaylulla.com > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ > R-sig-Geo mailing list > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-sig-Geo mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo
