| maintainer {utils} | R Documentation |
Show the name and email address of the maintainer of a package.
maintainer(pkg)
pkg |
Character string. The name of a single package. |
Accesses the package description to return the name and email address of the maintainer.
Questions about contributed packages should often be addressed to
the package maintainer; questions about base packages should
usually be addressed to the R-help or R-devel mailing lists. Bug
reports should be submitted using the bug.report
function.
A character string giving the name and email address of the maintainer
of the package, or NA if no such package is installed.
David Scott <d.scott@auckland.ac.nz> from code on R-help originally due to Charlie Sharpsteen <source@sharpsteen.net>; multiple corrections by R-core.
https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2010-February/230027.html
packageDescription, bug.report
maintainer("MASS")