[R] CRAN mirror for R in India: new one at WBUT, how do we get listed in the CRAN website?

[Vladimir Eremeev]

http://cran.r-project.org/mirror-howto.html


Arin Basu-3 wrote:
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> Folks at the West Bengal University of Technology has set up a mirror to
> distribute R and associated packages. Here is the URL:
> 
> http://mirror.wbut.ac.in/CRAN
> 
> This will be helpful for R users in South Asia and the adjoining
> countries.
> I have yet to see the site featured in the CRAN list of mirrors. What
> needs
> to be done? For those of you who are impatient and would like to give it a
> try before CRAN folks link to it, here are the details sent to me by
> Indranil Dasgupta, the maintainer of the WBUT mirror site:
> 
> The CRAN mirror's details are as follows:
> 
> 1. URL : http://mirror.wbut.ac.in/CRAN
> 2. HOSTING INSTITUTION : West Bengal University of Technology
> 3. COUNTRY : INDIA
> 4. CITY : KOLKATA (old name - Calcutta, IATA Identifier code - CCU)
> 5. CONTACT EMAIL : indradg at l2c2.co.in
> 6. UPDATE FREQUENCY : At 1 AM IST (+0530 GMT) every day.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> Best,
> Arin Basu
> 
> 

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