On 13.06.2017 15:40, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
On 13/06/2017 7:29 AM, Michael Dewey wrote:
Dear David
It is your package and you can choose the name you prefer. If you feel
uncomfortable with the current one then change it. I do not think anyone
else's opinion is relevant unless a package author picks a name that all
right thinking people would find offensive.
However, CRAN's opinion is relevant if you want them to distribute it
for you. Name changes cause extra work for them so please don't do it
unnecessarily, and if you do think it's necessary, explain your
reasoning to them when you submit.
OK, it appears I have to say a word:
Thanks to all for contributing to this thread so far.
Indeed, Duncan is right, and not only the work required to get it done
is relevant, also the effort for users to recognize the name change and
the fact that the old name is reserved for the CRAN namespace and nobody
else can submit another package under such a name is an issue to be
considered.
So for the archives, as Duncan says: You have to have a very good reason
to justify publication of an updated package under a new name.
Best,
Uwe Ligges
Duncan Murdoch
On 11/06/2017 14:51, David Hugh-Jones wrote:
Hello all,
A short while ago I released the "huxtable" package for writing HTML and
LaTeX tables:
https://www.github.com/hughjonesd/huxtable
The name seemed cute to me, but I later found out that to Americans
it has
special associations. The Huxtables were the family in the Cosby
show. That
would be fine, except that Bill Cosby is now on trial for one case of
rape,
and there are accusations of many other cases.
So, two questions:
* Do you think I should change the name?
Comments welcome from Americans and others on this difficult cultural
issue.
* If I do, what's the best and least disruptive way to do it? Bear in
mind
that I have a couple of thousand users.
My first thought would be to release an update which gives a warning
about
the future change when the package is loaded; then release a package
with
the new name and continue development on this branch.
David
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