Hi Colin, I'm surprised this wasn't captured by the url checker on CRAN. Are you suggesting a new check on package descriptions for the urls present? In that case I guess it could be part of the standard R CMD check. Llu?s On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 at 17:17, Colin Gillespie <csgillespie at gmail.com> wrote:> Hi All, > > Just want to flag a few packages: > > MatrixLDA: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/MatrixLDA/index.html > The URL is technically valid - ajmolstad at github.io/ - but returns a > 404. Almost certainly a typo. > > redistmetrics: > https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/redistmetrics/index.html > Not a valid URL: https::/github.com/alarm-redist/redistmetrics/ > > yarrr: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/yarrr/ > It looks like a lapsed domain, and Cypro folks have grabbed it. > > Thanks > > Colin > > Ps I only found the last package because the name caught my attention > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> I'm surprised this wasn't captured by the url checker on CRAN.As was I> Are you suggesting a new check on package descriptions for the urls present?Yes - but more fixing edge cases than a new check> In that case I guess it could be part of the standard R CMD check.Yep. Kurt's message suggests that these were edge cases that missed the check. Thanks> > Llu?s > > On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 at 17:17, Colin Gillespie <csgillespie at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> Just want to flag a few packages: >> >> MatrixLDA: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/MatrixLDA/index.html >> The URL is technically valid - ajmolstad at github.io/ - but returns a >> 404. Almost certainly a typo. >> >> redistmetrics: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/redistmetrics/index.html >> Not a valid URL: https::/github.com/alarm-redist/redistmetrics/ >> >> yarrr: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/yarrr/ >> It looks like a lapsed domain, and Cypro folks have grabbed it. >> >> Thanks >> >> Colin >> >> Ps I only found the last package because the name caught my attention >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-devel at r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel