ROADMAP FOR FALL 2023

[pachadotdev]

Hi!

I was invited to maintain this package. I hope to do it well.

I emailed @jazzido, and Tabula is in dormant state, but will be resumed soon.

Here are some important points I detected

• Reorganize tabulizerjars and tabulizer into a single package (https://github.com/ropensci/tabulizer/tree/dev)
• Add a recent tabulizer version that passes devtools::check() (build fails with tabula 1.2.1 jar #155)
• Make it work with Java > 8 (Windows CI fails because of Java 8 requirement #154)
• Fix area issue (Area argument doesn't function properly #127 (comment))
• Rename to tabulapdf? (Renaming to tabula #153)
• Discuss if we'll keep this in the r-universe or plan to send to CRAN

I would love to have feedback from who have commented in the issues

@beatrizmilz
@drpedapati
@ssingh13-rms
@billdenney
@NiccoloSalvini
@jbryer
@ggSamoora
@BastienNguyen
@akarlinsky

I have been exploring where this fails, and I will present a roadmap in forthcoming weeks. These are not simple changes.

[billdenney]

I prefer packages on CRAN because it is much simpler to install for me. (For my work, there are hoops to jump through when installing non-CRAN packages.) But if it's a huge burden, then having the package exist is more important.

[beatrizmilz]

Hi @pachadotdev ! Thank you for being a maintainer of this package.

In my experience, tabulizer is a great package, and many people have difficulty installing it (including myself, students, and people posting in forums about R in Portuguese).
So it would be great if tabulizer is easier to install.

About CRAN, I agree with @billdenney : #156 (comment)

About renaming the package, a lot of people already know tabulizer with that name, so does the name change worth the time spent renaming it and letting people know about the change?

[pachadotdev]

thanks @billdenney @beatrizmilz
i'll leave this issue open, as we'll be rewriting some parts to ease the installation

[HomeStayMom]

Hello there, I would love to use the tabulizer in R and would love to install it without the pain currently is requiring . I am novice in R and in programming in general but truly frustrates me that with jdk 19 doesn't works neither with oracle nor with open jdk... looking forward to seeing the development!

[pachadotdev]

@HomeStayMom @billdenney @beatrizmilz I added multiple changes, being the most relevant

1. Updated to use tabula 1.0.5
2. Works with OpenJDK 11
3. Does not use tabulizerjars

I have renamed it to tabulapdf. There are breaking changes and I still need to fix some functions until all tests pass.

[pachadotdev]

tabulapdf was accepted on CRAN today https://cran.r-project.org/package=tabulapdf