Dear Uwe, Thanks for your reply. Then I will keep the original name.
Best, Comaths Uwe Ligges-3 wrote > On 27.08.2013 18:38, comaths wrote: >> Hello Folks, >> >> I have an R package published on CRAN and I want to rename it for the >> next >> version, something like from "rName" to "rNAME". I have read the CRAN >> policy, but did not find any topic regarding to this. So does anybody >> know >> whether there is any CRAN policy for this? Thanks! > > Actually you cannot: CRAN had to archive rName at first, but then no > other package with the name but different capitalization can be added to > CRAN, since that name is taken and packages work on file level where > some operating systems cannot distinguish capitalization appropriately > enough, hence the name rNAME is not available after archival of rName > ... The is a simple technical restriction. > > Even with a really different name, renaming packages should be reduced > to an absolute minimum and would probably only accepted for legal > concerns related to inappropriate package names. > > Best, > Uwe Ligges > > > > > >> >> Best, >> >> C >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Rename-the-package-published-on-CRAN-tp4674670.html >> Sent from the R devel mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> > R-devel@ > mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >> > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@ > mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Rename-the-package-published-on-CRAN-tp4674670p4674768.html Sent from the R devel mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
