Does the old package give incorrect results? Or does it just give slower results? What makes the new one better?
Unless the old one is actually wrong, as a user, I would be unhappy with it being replaced by a shell. I have this obsession with reproducibility. So, if you force me to change to the new package, I have to go through a lot of work and perform many tests to make sure my old calculations are still correct in the new context. And I have to hunt down every place I used the package to make the changes. Why not just create a package startup message for the old package that tells users why you think your new package is better? It should then be up to them to decide if and when they make a change. But what do I know? I still use emacs as my default editor. It took me decades to switch from plain TeX to LaTeX. I still manage photos with an archived version of Google's Picasa, since I don't have any reason to store all my personal photos in the cloud (but I do use an automated cloud backup). And I still use a music composition program that was written for Windows 95, by running it in a Windows XP virtual machine on my Windows 11 laptop. And I get (mildly) annoyed every time R Core makes a change that causes the test scripts in one of the R packages I maintain to give different answers than they have been giving for years. Best, Kevin On Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 4:55 PM Bernd.Gruber <bernd.gru...@canberra.edu.au> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a quick question. I have an older package (dartR) that is now > superseded by a series of new packages. > > Still we noticed that several users have not updated yet and moved to the > new package. Hence the question: > > Is it okay to submit a "shell" package under the name of the old package > that does nothing else than telling the user to install the new package > (and a link/code how to do that)? > > There would only be one function which is updating some legacy data to a > new format. > > Is that accepted or is there another way to let user know (e.g. via the > CRAN package pages)? > > Thanks and regards, Bernd > > > > ============================================================================== > Dr Bernd Gruber Tel: (02) 6206 3804 Fax: (02) 6201 2328 > Professor > Institute for Applied Ecology > Faculty of Applied Science > University of Canberra ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA > Email: bernd.gru...@canberra.edu.au<mailto:bernd.gru...@canberra.edu.au> > WWW: > http://www.canberra.edu.au/faculties/science/staff/profiles/dr-bernd-gruber > > Australian Government Higher Education Provider Number CRICOS:#00212K > > NOTICE & DISCLAIMER: This email and any files transmitted with it may > contain > confidential or copyright material and are for the attention of the > addressee > only. If you have received this email in error please notify us by email > reply and delete it from your system. The University of Canberra accepts > no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. > > > ============================================================================== > > [UC Logo]<http://www.canberra.edu.au> > > [Adobe Creative Campus. Fuel your ceativity, Adobe Express free for all UC > Students and Staff.]< > https://www.canberra.edu.au/on-campus/adobe-creative-campus/> > > > > The Ngunnawal people are the Traditional Custodians of the ACT where UC's > Bruce Campus is situated and are an integral and celebrated part of UC's > culture. We also acknowledge other First Nations Peoples. > > Australian Government Higher Education Registered Provider (CRICOS) > #00212K. TEQSA Provider ID: PRV12003 (Australian University) > Email Disclaimer< > https://www.canberra.edu.au/about-uc/disclaimer-copyright-privacy-accessibility > > > > [UC Facebook]<https://www.facebook.com/UniversityOfCanberra> [UC > Instagram] <https://www.instagram.com/unicanberra/> [UC Linkedin] < > https://au.linkedin.com/school/university-of-canberra/> [UC Youtube] < > https://www.youtube.com/user/uniofcanberra> [University of Canberra] < > http://www.canberra.edu.au> > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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
