Dear All, Thanks very much for the positive and helpful replies here. All the best, William
> On 20/06/2023 19:36 CEST Uwe Ligges <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote: > > > On 20.06.2023 18:00, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > > > Hi William, > > > > On 20 June 2023 at 16:06, William Becker wrote: > > | I am the maintainer of a package which is unfortunately involved in a > > complicated dispute regarding its intellectual property (since the package > > was partly built under a contract with an organisation), but also the > > "branding" of the package, i.e. the name. > > | > > | The story is long and complicated, but suffice to say that the name of > > the package is apparently creating a misleading connection with the > > organisation, and this is causing difficulties on both sides. > > | > > | I am aware that changing the name of a package is very disruptive, and I > > am not considering it lightly. However just for information at this stage, > > I wonder if anyone could tell me whether packages have ever changed names > > on CRAN, what the rules are in these cases, and if there is any advice for > > minimising the disruption. > > | > > | To reiterate, I am not (yet) planning to do this, but exploring options > > and looking for advice. > > > > You presented the reasoning convincingly and are aware of the general "we > > would rather not do this" sentiment. Ultimately, this (as so often) is > > CRAN's > > call so you have to do that (directly and not via this list). My sense is > > that you have a case but only CRAN can tell. > > Yes, CRAN will accept this case. > > Best, > Uwe Ligges > > > > > > > Good luck, Dirk > > ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
