From 46e5a7b293dd8e6bd00a5e7248bc12f80a9b3c71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Ma=C3=ABlle=20Salmon?= Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 12:44:17 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] https://github.com/ropensci-org/monthly/issues/157 --- .../2023-05-19-ropensci-news-digest-may-2023/index.Rmd | 8 ++++++++ .../2023-05-19-ropensci-news-digest-may-2023/index.md | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/blog/2023-05-19-ropensci-news-digest-may-2023/index.Rmd b/content/blog/2023-05-19-ropensci-news-digest-may-2023/index.Rmd index aab4ebed22..0d0b066cbc 100644 --- a/content/blog/2023-05-19-ropensci-news-digest-may-2023/index.Rmd +++ b/content/blog/2023-05-19-ropensci-news-digest-may-2023/index.Rmd @@ -607,6 +607,14 @@ The tidyverse team drafted a [guide about their code review process](https://tid On the same topic, have you heard of [optimistic merging](https://dmerej.info/blog/post/optimistic-merging/)? +### {XML}'s and {RCurl}'s fate + +At rOpenSci, we've [recommended against](https://devguide.ropensci.org/building.html#recommended-scaffolding) using the unmaintained XML and RCurl packages for a long time. +It seems the CRAN team is now [looking for new maintainers for them](https://mastodon.social/@henrikbengtsson/110186925898457474). +See also the [relevant thread](https://github.com/RConsortium/r-repositories-wg/issues/26) of the R Consortium's repositories working group. +This piece of news is at least one more reason to move your package away from XML and RCurl when you can! + + ## Last words Thanks for reading! If you want to get involved with rOpenSci, check out our [Contributing Guide](https://contributing.ropensci.org) that can help direct you to the right place, whether you want to make code contributions, non-code contributions, or contribute in other ways like sharing use cases. diff --git a/content/blog/2023-05-19-ropensci-news-digest-may-2023/index.md b/content/blog/2023-05-19-ropensci-news-digest-may-2023/index.md index 5e4641b226..cc38aca02c 100644 --- a/content/blog/2023-05-19-ropensci-news-digest-may-2023/index.md +++ b/content/blog/2023-05-19-ropensci-news-digest-may-2023/index.md @@ -155,6 +155,14 @@ The tidyverse team drafted a [guide about their code review process](https://tid On the same topic, have you heard of [optimistic merging](https://dmerej.info/blog/post/optimistic-merging/)? +### {XML}'s and {RCurl}'s fate + +At rOpenSci, we've [recommended against](https://devguide.ropensci.org/building.html#recommended-scaffolding) using the unmaintained XML and RCurl packages for a long time. +It seems the CRAN team is now [looking for new maintainers for them](https://mastodon.social/@henrikbengtsson/110186925898457474). +See also the [relevant thread](https://github.com/RConsortium/r-repositories-wg/issues/26) of the R Consortium's repositories working group. +This piece of news is at least one more reason to move your package away from XML and RCurl when you can! + + ## Last words Thanks for reading! If you want to get involved with rOpenSci, check out our [Contributing Guide](https://contributing.ropensci.org) that can help direct you to the right place, whether you want to make code contributions, non-code contributions, or contribute in other ways like sharing use cases.