For a variety of reasons, I have not been able to do much work on raster for the past year. And most of my thinking about it, and some work, has been around a next generation replacement that is simpler in use and much faster. But for now, over the coming months, I will make sure that it gets updated and bugs get fixed.
Best, Robert On Sunday, October 22, 2017, Barry Rowlingson <[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > Here's what I think should happen: > > Robert Hijmans lets us know what his vision of raster is, and how he plans > to support it. > > He should say if he wishes to carry on as maintainer or not. If not, we > need a new maintainer and then we can think about moving development to > gitlab, or whatever. > > Barry > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 1:16 AM, Alexander Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I too expect to rely on the raster package for years, and would be > willing > > to help to the extent of my ability and resources. > > > > Alex Brown ([email protected]) > > http://faculty.uml.edu/abrown --> > > https://sites.google.com/site/alexbrownuml > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 12:54 PM, Vijay Lulla <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Just like Mike I too will rely on raster for many years still and I > will > > be > > > very happy to support efforts on this or whatever else the community > > > leaders (Edzer, Roger, and others) decide is the best way for us to > move > > > forward. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Vijay. > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 5:32 AM, Edzer Pebesma < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > The the NOTEs on CRAN and the issues raised on Mike's raster-rforge > GH > > > > repo to me suggest that raster has, for a while now, reached a mature > > > > state. Of course, you'd wish that raster development, in terms of > > > > extending its power and features, would continue the pace it did 10 > > > > years ago, but that's a different issue. Mike has write access to the > > > > raster r-forge sources, it shouldn't be hard to support Robert with > > > > current issues. > > > > > > > > Right after rstudio::conf (Feb 4/5) I'm meeting with Robert Hijmans > and > > > > Etienne Racine, to discuss, and work on raster future and integration > > of > > > > rasters and stars. Anyone interested, feel free to join. > > > > > > > > Stars has the ambition to jump over raster, in the sense that it > > doesn't > > > > want to have the local hard drive as a limitation. That calls for > > > > rethinking quite a few things. So far, things are still all in main > > > > memory but it already integrates with sf: > > > > > > > > https://gist.github.com/edzer/381dac079ddcd5174be31209675b3822 > > > > > > > > and handles time stacks of different attributes in single objects. > Feed > > > > back welcome as always; will write up the first blog in a few weeks. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 10/21/2017 10:41 AM, Roger Bivand wrote: > > > > > Yes, this sounds fruitful. For now, I suggest that those wishing to > > > > enhance raster do so in an additional package enhancing raster and > > > > depending on it. Immediately, we should help Robert resolve the notes > > in > > > > the tests, they do not affect functionality now, but deserve > attention > > to > > > > bring the package into full CRAN compliance. I can help with this. > > > > > > > > > > Roger > > > > > > > > > > Roger Bivand > > > > > Norwegian School of Economics > > > > > Bergen, Norway > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Fra: Chris Reudenbach > > > > > Sendt: lørdag 21. oktober, 09.01 > > > > > Emne: Re: [R-sig-Geo] Is the raster package still receiving > updates? > > > > > Til: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Many of us rely on the raster package as a crucial basis for their > > > work. > > > > Big thank to Robert. Nevertheless to contribute needs to focus needs > > and > > > > ressources. Maybe an information exchange/discussion with Robert > about > > > > options such as if/how the interested community can support would be > > more > > > > productive. cheers Chris Am 21.10.2017 um 06:52 schrieb Roger > Bivand: > > > > The > > > > CRAN raster package has not been abandoned, if it had, it would have > > been > > > > reclassified as orphaned. Its test results have notes but no warnings > > or > > > > errors. It would be orphaned if the maintainer did not respond to > CRAN > > > > requests to resolve test errors. Consequently, you are suggesting a > > fork, > > > > and should rename any package. Only the maintainer may update > existing > > > CRAN > > > > packages. I would not think that forking an existing CRAN package is > > the > > > > most productive way of contributing to the community. The package has > > > many > > > > reverse dependencies, so setting up a test framework to find > backwards > > > > incompatibilities would be crucial. > > Of course, all contributions > > are > > > > welcome. > > Roger > > Roger Bivand > Norwegian School of Economics > > > > > Bergen, Norway > > > > Fra: Michael Sumner > Sendt: lørdag 21. > oktober, > > > > 06.28 > Emne: Re: [R-sig-Geo] Is the raster package still receiving > > > > updates? > Til: Hodgess, Erin > Kopi: R-sig-geo Mailing List > > > > > Great! > > > > I'm keen, but haven't done the work needed to flesh this out > properly: > > > > https://github.com/mdsumner/raster-rforge/issues I have not checked > if > > > > there's been any commits to r-forge since I cloned this. Cheers, Mike > > On > > > > Sat, 21 Oct 2017, 12:58 Hodgess, Erin, wrote: > I could take a swat > at > > > it, > > > > if you wish. Please do send me the list of > fixes. I could start in > > > about > > > > a week, if that would work. > Sincerely, > Erin > > > Erin M. > Hodgess > > > > > Associate Professor > Department of Mathematics and Statistics > > > > University > > > > of Houston - Downtown > mailto: [email protected] > > > > > > ________________________________________ > From: R-sig-Geo on behalf > > of > > > > Michael > Sumner > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 8:05 PM > To: > Thiago > > V. > > > > dos Santos > Cc: R-sig-geo Mailing List > Subject: Re: [R-sig-Geo] Is > > the > > > > raster package still receiving updates? > > No, it's effectively > > > abandoned. > > > > No concrete plans known. > > I'm interested to keep it going and have > > > kept > > > > a list of fixes needed, but > not sure when or if I'll get to it. > > > > I'd > > > > support any efforts in this, I'll rely on raster for many years > still. > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, Mike > > On Sat, 21 Oct 2017, 02:05 Thiago V. dos Santos via > > > > R-sig-Geo, < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear list, > > > > > > > > > > I > > > > realized that the latest version of the raster package was released > on > > > > > > > > > > > CRAN over a year ago. > > > > I also noticed that Robert's > > participation > > > in > > > > this list has become rather > > scarce. > > > > I was just wondering > > > > whether the raster package is still receiving > updates? > > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > -- Thiago V. dos Santos > > > > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > > > > > > Department of Climate and Space Science and Engineering > > > University > > of > > > > Michigan > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > R-sig-Geo mailing list > > [email protected] > > > > > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo > > > -- > Dr. > Michael > > > > Sumner > Software and Database Engineer > Australian Antarctic > > Division > > > > > 203 Channel Highway > Kingston Tasmania 7050 Australia > > > > [[alternative > > > > HTML version deleted]] > > ____ > ______________________________ > > > _____________ > > > > > R-sig-Geo mailing list > [email protected] > > > > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo > -- Dr. Michael > > Sumner > > > > Software and Database Engineer Australian Antarctic Division 203 > > Channel > > > > Highway Kingston Tasmania 7050 Australia [[alternative HTML version > > > > deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-sig-Geo > > > > mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/ > > > > listinfo/r-sig-geo > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > R-sig-Geo mailing > > list > > > > > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/ > > > > listinfo/r-sig-geo > -- Dr Christoph Reudenbach, Philipps-University > of > > > > Marburg, Faculty of Geography, GIS and Environmental Modeling, > > > > Deutschhausstr. 10, D-35032 Marburg, fon: ++49.(0)6421.2824296, fax: > > > > ++49.(0)6421.2828950, web: gis-ma.org, giswerk.org, > > > > moc.environmentalinformatics-marburg.de > ______________________________ > > > _________________ > > > > R-sig-Geo mailing list [email protected] > > > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > R-sig-Geo mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Edzer Pebesma > > > > Institute for Geoinformatics > > > > Heisenbergstrasse 2, 48151 Muenster, Germany > > > > Phone: +49 251 8333081 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > R-sig-Geo mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Vijay Lulla, Ph.D. > > > > > > Assistant Professor, > > > Dept. of Geography, > > > Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) > > > 425 University Blvd, CA-207C. > > > Indianapolis, IN-46202 > > > [email protected] > > > > > > <http://vijaylulla.com> > > > http://vijaylulla.com > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > R-sig-Geo mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo > > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > R-sig-Geo mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ > R-sig-Geo mailing list > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-sig-Geo mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo
