On 10/29/2020 07:20 PM, Marc Schwartz 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 where you will see that the package has been archived as a result of a lack 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 > Thank you, I will check out the GitHub pages tomorrow. As for R, amazingly enough, shortly after your post I received another post that R 4.0 was available for CentOS 8... I run CentOS 7 though but hopefully R 4.0 will be available there shortly as well. Turns out I was already a member of that mailing list and will post a question.
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