Failed CRAN check

[tanho63]

Hi! For some reason, the package failed a check on CRAN as of today and was archived 😢 not sure how to help with that!

[zozlak]

It's combination of three factors:

• recent compilation rules change on CRAN (nothing serious but see below)
• me having no idea how R C packages compilation works (the initial setup has been simply copied from RODBC package as RODBCext anyway depends on some fragments of RODBC)
• me having no free time nor interest in mastering above-mentioned

Also taking into account R packages development in recent years I would advise everyone switching to the odbc. It not only supports parameterized queries but is also DBI-compliant, faster and should be better maintained. If I write a new code depending on ODBC database access, I would definitely prefer it over the RODBCext despite the fact RODBCext is my baby. To be honest I should add this advice in capitals at the top of the README along with a few examples of porting your code.

Anyway if someone (maybe you?) would like to take over RODBCext maintenance I'm happy to pass it. All in all making it back on CRAN shouldn't be complicated (this time).

[wibeasley]

@zozlak, thank you for creating this package. I've been using odbc for new development, but for several years that wasn't an option yet. RODBCext filled an important need in the R community, when nothing else was addressing security concerns like parameterized queries.

[tanho63]

Definitely appreciate everything, Mateusz - I unfortunately don't know enough C to maintain the package. Gonna start cleaning up the legacy code at work :)