Re: Joining the r-pkg-team

[Andrius Merkys <merkys@debian.org>]

Hi Andreas,

On 2021-03-03 16:56, Andreas Tille wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 03, 2021 at 03:57:33PM +0200, Andrius Merkys wrote:
>> I would like to package some R packages, and maintain them in the
>> r-pkg-team. I would need Salsa access for handle 'merkys' to create new
>> repositories (request pending).
> 
> Welcome on board. ;-)

Thanks! :)

>> I am familiar with package maintenance
>> in Debian Med and Debian Science teams, and have skimmed through the RFC
>> for Debian R Policy [1].
> 
> I guess this RFC is a bit outdated and we are lacking a good starting
> howto.  You are kindly invited to read throught this thread:
> 
>     https://lists.debian.org/debian-r/2021/02/msg00010.html
> 
> It contains some discusion about semi-automated tools which I would
> strongly recommend to use for R packages.

Thanks for a pointer - my original intent was already to use dh-r for
packaging, happy to read more about it.

>> Please CC me, I am not subscribed.
> 
> CCed but I would recommend subscribing this relatively low volume list.

Subscribed!

>> [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/12/msg02332.html

Best,
Andrius