| % File src/library/utils/man/maintainer.Rd |
| % Part of the R package, https://www.R-project.org |
| % Copyright 1995-2012 R Core Team |
| % Distributed under GPL 2 or later |
| |
| \name{maintainer} |
| \alias{maintainer} |
| |
| \title{ |
| Show Package Maintainer |
| } |
| \description{ |
| Show the name and email address of the maintainer of a package. |
| } |
| \usage{ |
| maintainer(pkg) |
| } |
| \arguments{ |
| \item{pkg}{Character string. 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 \code{\link{bug.report}} |
| function. |
| } |
| \value{ |
| A character string giving the name and email address of the maintainer |
| of the package, or \code{NA} if no such package is installed. |
| } |
| |
| \author{ |
| 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. |
| } |
| \references{ |
| \url{https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2010-February/230027.html} |
| } |
| % failed 2011-07-07 |
| % \references{ |
| % \url{http://n4.nabble.com/R-help-question-How-can-we-enable-useRs-to-contribute-corrections-to-help-files-faster-tp1572568p1572868.html} |
| % } |
| \seealso{ |
| \code{\link{packageDescription}}, \code{\link{bug.report}} |
| } |
| \examples{ |
| maintainer("MASS") |
| } |
| \keyword{utilities} |
| |