[R-pkg-devel] Release Frequency

[Boxuan Cui]

Thanks for the detailed explanation!


Best,
Boxuan (Bo)

On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 4:29 PM, Uwe Ligges <ligges using statistik.tu-dortmund.de
> wrote:

> A lot is automated, but another lot has to be checked manually. It depends
> on the package and its notes.
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> Then policies you are quoting have two reasons:
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> 1. we take a look what is going on if a submission comes in too quickly as
> this is typically suspicious. Hence a quick submission creates manual work
> in any case,
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> 2. each version of a package is archived, so when people submit
> frequently, CRAN is growing quickly.
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> As CRAN is a repository for releases software, we expect that releases are
> well tested and hence do not happen too frequently.
>
> In case you nevertheless found a serious bug, please submit a fixed
> version and explain why this was needed in the submission comments.
>
> Best,
> Uwe Ligges
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> On 31.05.2018 18:29, Boxuan Cui wrote:
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>> Hi,
>>
>> During my recent CRAN submissions, I noticed a more streamlined/automatic
>> process. I am wondering if the submission still requires a manual
>> approval,
>> or does it go to CRAN automatically after all checks?
>>
>> I am asking because I accidentally shipped a showstopper bug for a new
>> feature for DataExplorer v0.6
>> <https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=DataExplorer> yesterday. The fix is
>> one
>> line of code change.
>>
>> However, I am certainly aware of the CRAN Repository Policy
>> <https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/policies.html#Submission> and
>> definitely respect that:
>>
>> *Submitting updates should be done responsibly and with respect for the
>> volunteers’ time. Once a package is established (which may take several
>> rounds), “no more than every 1–2 months” seems appropriate.*
>>
>>
>> If this is the case, I will wait for another month or two to push a fix to
>> CRAN, and push the fixed version to GitHub for now.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>>
>> Best,
>> Boxuan (Bo)
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