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pkgstats does not install ctags or gtags properly on Windows

William Gearty

Opened on 2024-10-04.

List of datasets for c14bazAAR

Clemens Schmid

Opened on 2022-04-10.

Regenerate all test fixtures

Julia Silge

Opened on 2022-11-15.

IssuePackageDate OpenedIssue AuthorGood First Issue?
Discontinue the use of the iris datasetdataset2025-01-21Daniel Antalno
Spatial packages updateMODIStsp2023-09-05Maëlle Salmonno
Add `extant_only` option to functionsworrms2025-12-10Lewis A. Jonesno
Call for maintainerMODIStsp2022-09-30Luigi Ranghettino
Which other databases should be included in biomartr?biomartr2017-01-19Hajk-Georg Drostno
Documentation still needs to be done for fetch_survey() date-time feature update in #263qualtRics2022-06-20Joseph O'Brienno
Develop documentation on how to use sjlabelledqualtRics2022-11-11Julia Silgeno
Intro: how to generate API tokenqualtRics2022-11-18billaltermattno
Question/ comment about the documentationqualtRics2024-04-14zasloveno
Please add the APA styleRefManageR2020-04-09Samuel Merkno
Add translations for new languagesdatefixR2023-02-14Nathan Constantine-Cookeno
Numbers that should be zero are displayed in scientific notationskimr2019-07-21Jeffrey Girardno
Automate release and version updatesmapmetadata2024-11-26Rachael Sticklandno
New Maintainer Welcome :-)internetarchive2024-02-01Maëlle Salmonno
Support species synonymsbiomartr2017-12-18Sarah Lutteroppno
Enable numeric responses with value labels from `fetch_survey()`qualtRics2025-02-13Jacob Dennenno
List of datasets for c14bazAARc14bazAAR2022-04-10Clemens Schmidno
Route network vignettestplanr2019-07-01Robin Lovelaceyes
sf method for line_midpoint failsstplanr2019-11-06Robin Lovelaceyes
Function that returns junction pointsstplanr2019-10-24Robin Lovelaceyes
Actions failingstplanr2024-08-22Robin Lovelaceyes
Improve package plots!mapmetadata2024-12-06Rachael Sticklandno
Rename `rnet_merge` as `rnet_merge_sum` and add settings to reproduce NPT resultsstplanr2025-01-02Robin Lovelaceyes
Add option to change encoding assumed for input strings (UTF-8)bib2df2020-08-07Nils Reimerno
Call for co-maintainers :-)assertr2022-10-14Maëlle Salmonno
Add comparison to official for jdxlightr2020-02-13Hugo Grusonno
skimr against a databaseskimr2018-12-02JD Longno
Warnings when skimmingskimr2018-01-04Elin Waringno
pkgstats does not install ctags or gtags properly on Windowspkgstats2024-10-04William Geartyno
Regenerate all test fixturesqualtRics2022-11-15Julia Silgeno
High RAM usage when using meta.retrieval prevents usage on low end machinesbiomartr2019-05-29barrel0luckno
Format(s) of the ckan_package S3 objectckanr2019-05-15Val. Lucetno
New Maintainer Wanted :-)qualtRics2025-12-12Maëlle Salmonno
Review vignettesweathercan2025-02-03Steffi LaZerteyes
[improvement] extract and visualise rhythms at the random-effect levelGLMMcosinor2025-07-17Rex Parsonsno
Call for co-maintainerstidync2022-10-14Maëlle Salmonno
[FEATURE] re-design of AND versus OR queriesosmdata2021-11-30mark padghamno

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