BOLD system made their own package. Is this one still needed?

[salix-d]

Hello everyone,

I just learned that BOLD system made their own r package.

It seems to have more a lot more functionalities, including the ability to fetch of private records and analyse the data.
From my quick look on it, the way to fetch the data is different from this package as it reflects the structure of their new API (v5).
I haven't try getting taxonomy data with their package yet, and the website indicates it's still using the v4 API though, which this package uses.

So, if you could try out their package and give your feedback from it (comparing it with this one), I would greatly appreciate it.
I would mainly like to know if their package covers all your needs or if there are still functionalities this package is better suited for.
With that feedback, I'll be able to plan what to do next.

Thank you!