[R] Question regarding package submission to CRAN

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "VG" == Vikneswaran Gopal <viknesh at stat.ufl.edu>
>>>>>     on Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:51:55 -0700 writes:

    VG> It usually gets uploaded within a day if it passes all
    VG> the checks run by Kurt Hornik. Then the Windows version
    VG> gets built within the next 24 hours as well. Vik Jim

"usually", yes indeed.
These days however are in the at most once per year period where
"usually" does not apply : Summer vacation do apply
even to CRAN maintainers, and I am glad to note that at least
some people are still taking the term "vacation" seriously..

Martin

>>>>> "VG" == Vikneswaran Gopal <viknesh at stat.ufl.edu>
>>>>>     on Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:51:55 -0700 writes:

    VG> It usually gets uploaded within a day if it passes all the checks run by 
    VG> Kurt Hornik. Then the Windows version gets built within the next 24 
    VG> hours as well. Vik Jim Lemon wrote:

    >> > Gates, Michael wrote:
    >> 
    >>> >> ...
    >>> >> Members,

    >>> >> I recently submitted my first package to the submissions ftp site on 
    >>> >> CRAN (7.3.09). The package has remained on the server since with no 
    >>> >> action? Do package review/updates occur monthly? When I submitted, I 
    >>> >> sent an email to CRAN to let them know about the package and the 
    >>> >> license under which the package operates. Since this is my first time, 
    >>> >> I am just trying to understand the process.


    >>> 
    >> > Hi Michael,
    >> > I have been wondering more or less the same thing, as I have submitted 
    >> > three updates to a package without any response. I even checked the CRAN 
    >> > home page in case the email address for submission had changed. Anybody 
    >> > out there know what has happened?
    >> >
    >> > Jim