I've got a check_news() function to test that a NEWS.md can be parsed as expected. See attached file (if that gets dropped in the interwebs, it's also at https://gist.github.com/HenrikBengtsson/2361371be4ae8681b3ee2eb361730990). Call it in the folder where the NEWS.md file is.
My $.02 /Henrik On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 5:46 PM Max Turgeon <max.turg...@umanitoba.ca> wrote: > > Hi Sanjeev, > > Requirements change over time, and it's the responsibility of the maintainer > to make sure the package keeps up with the new requirements. Things that > "worked" back in 2010 may no longer fit these new requirements, and such is > the case for the NEWS.md file. > > It's useful to look at examples from other packages to understand how your > NEWS.md file should be formatted. Here's ggplot2's, but you can find many > other examples on Github: > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tidyverse/ggplot2/main/NEWS.md > > I'll point out two things they do that is relevant (according to ?news): > > * Every new version of the package has a separate level-1 header (i.e. a > line that starts with #). New changes appearing in that version are then > listed below. > * Changes are sometimes grouped in categories, where each category has a > separate level-2 header (i.e. a line that starts with ##). > > In your case, you don't seem to use headers at all. If I were you, that's > where I would start. > > Good luck! > > > Max Turgeon<https://www.name-coach.com/maxime-turgeon> > > Adjunct Professor > > Department of Statistics > University of Manitoba > > maxturgeon.ca<http://maxturgeon.ca/> > > ________________________________ > From: R-package-devel <r-package-devel-boun...@r-project.org> on behalf of > Sanjeev Sariya <sanjeevsar...@gmail.com> > Sent: Monday, December 12, 2022 7:21 PM > To: Uwe Ligges <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de>; > r-package-devel@r-project.org <r-package-devel@r-project.org> > Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] NOTEs - Problems with news in 'NEWS.md' > > ******************************************************** > Caution: This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. > ******************************************************** > > Dear Devel and Uwe, > > Sorry about not providing more details. > Please see log file links below: > > https://win-builder.r-project.org/incoming_pretest/GARCOM_1.2.1_20221212_174734/Windows/00check.log > > https://win-builder.r-project.org/incoming_pretest/GARCOM_1.2.1_20221212_174734/Debian/00check.log > > I do not have access to the old email address. > > Attached is also the news.md file. I cannot understand what is needed in > ?news. It was fine until ~2020 Dec. > > github link of package: > https://github.com/sariya/GARCOM/tree/new_test_hello > Best, > -- > Sanjeev M > > > > > On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 5:52 AM Uwe Ligges <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de> > wrote: > > > > > > > On 12.12.2022 18:05, Sanjeev Sariya wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > > > I made changes to the CRAN package by adding a file to the inst/ext > > folder. > > > I mention about this in the NEWS.md file however, when I upload the build > > > package .gz file to cran it fails to pass with error message as: > > > > > > > > > * Problems with news in 'NEWS.md': No news entries found.* > > > > > > There are two notes. I cannot seem to find the second note. > > > > For other to help, you really have to say where the package is and where > > the check log is. As a CRAN team member, I know: > > > > 1. Note is about the maintainer address change. Once the package passes > > the checks, an auto generated message will go to the old maintainer > > address. But for that to happen, the second note has to be fixed: > > > > 2. Problems with news in 'NEWS.md': > > No news entries found. > > > > See ?news which explains how NEWS.md files should be written. > > > > Best, > > Uwe Ligges > > > > > > > > > > > > Kindly help. > > > -- > > > Sanjeev M > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel > > > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
