[R] Review process for new packages

[Gabor Grothendieck]

One thing you might want to do is an R CMD CHECK with both the development
and released versions of R since CRAN will check it against both:
   http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/checkSummary.html

On 10/17/06, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca> wrote:
> On 10/17/2006 2:22 AM, Andreas Wittmann wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > i'm currently working on a creditmetrics package which includes functions for computing the credit risk model creditmetrics. I guess it would be finished in a few days.
> >
> > My question now is, does there exist some review process before sending it to ctan or is it reviewed after having sended it?
>
> You should read the instructions in the Writing R Extensions manual, and
> make sure it passes "R CMD check" without errors or warnings, before you
> send it.
>
> CRAN will run its own checks on a number of different platforms, and if
> your package doesn't pass, they'll probably ask you to fix it -- but you
> should do your best to make their job easier by getting it right before
> you send it.
>
> If your package passes those checks, it will likely be posted to CRAN.
> (There are exceptions, e.g. if they notice your license is not
> compatible with CRAN, etc.)
>
> There's no review process to decide whether your package is useful or
> well-written.  If you want that kind of review you should submit it to
> the Journal of Statistical Software.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
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