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

• [x] Reorganize tabulizerjars and tabulizer into a single package (https://github.com/ropensci/tabulizer/tree/dev)
• [ ] Add a recent tabulizer version that passes devtools::check() (https://github.com/ropensci/tabulizer/issues/155)
• [ ] Make it work with Java > 8 (https://github.com/ropensci/tabulizer/issues/154)
• [ ] Fix area issue (https://github.com/ropensci/tabulizer/issues/127#issuecomment-1298547512)
• [ ] Rename to tabulapdf? (https://github.com/ropensci/tabulizer/issues/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 : https://github.com/ropensci/tabulizer/issues/156#issuecomment-1310694660

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