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Package 'crfsuite' has been archived on CRAN for more than 60 days

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
r
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start with the CRAN Task View NaturalLanguageProcessing entry for crfsuite and review the CRAN package status. Read the CRAN package archivals section in Maintenance.md for the expected process. Done means the package is restored to CRAN or is excluded from the task view if it remains archived.

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Description

Package crfsuite is currently listed in CRAN Task View NaturalLanguageProcessing but the package has actually been archived for more than 60 days on CRAN. Often this indicates that the package is currently not sufficiently actively maintained and should be excluded from the task view.

Alternatively, you might also consider reaching out to the authors of the package and encourage (or even help) them to bring the package back to CRAN. See the section on CRAN package archivals in the maintenance guidelines for more details.

In any case, the situation should be resolved in the next four weeks. If the package does not seem to be brought back to CRAN, please exclude it from the task view.

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