apply() also recently got a 'simplify' argument, which means you request its output be returned as a list, too (i.e., to replace alply).
Noah On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 12:10 PM Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote: > As you previously quoted: > > > plyr is retired: this means only changes necessary to keep it on CRAN > will be made. > > That excludes bugfixes related to any specific use cases it is not > currently capable of handling. In other words, if it doesn't handle the > data you pass along to it from your users, or there turns out to be a > security problem (I agree, not likely, but remember these agencies don't > shade things by "likely") then the plyr maintainers aren't promising to fix > it. Take it "as-is". This is exactly what this "agency" you are being > hassled by is concerned about... not the label applied to that status. > > On September 21, 2021 8:50:32 AM PDT, "Lenth, Russell V" < > russell-le...@uiowa.edu> wrote: > >... "I am not fixing this hot mess"??? To the contrary, the README > contains a clearly expressed intention to maintain plyr to keep in on CRAN. > > > >RL > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> > >Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 10:36 AM > >To: r-package-devel@r-project.org; Lenth, Russell V < > russell-le...@uiowa.edu>; r-package-devel@r-project.org > >Subject: [External] Re: [R-pkg-devel] What is a "retired"package? > > > >There is nothing official about that term. However, the meaning as > intended by the package authors seems pretty clear to me, and if some > organization decides not to allow software that is not being maintained to > be relied upon then that is their decision. I don't think slapping a > different label on "I am not fixing this hot mess" is going to change that > organization's stance, and expecting the author to play that game is > unreasonable. > > > >Welcome to the downside of package interdependencies. I highly recommend > that you migrate away from plyr, either by absorbing the key functions you > need from it or by relying on different packages. > > > > -- > Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. > > ______________________________________________ > 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
