maintainer {utils}R Documentation

Show Package Maintainer

Description

Show the name and email address of the maintainer of a package.

Usage

maintainer(pkg)

Arguments

pkg Character. The name of a single package.

Details

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.

Value

A character string giving the name and email address of the maintainer of the package.

Author(s)

David Scott <d.scott@auckland.ac.nz> from code on R-help originally due to Charlie Sharpsteen <source@sharpsteen.net>.

References

http://n4.nabble.com/R-help-question-How-can-we-enable-useRs-to-contribute-corrections-to-help-files-faster-tp1572568p1572868.html

See Also

packageDescription, bug.report

Examples

maintainer("MASS")

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