[R-pkg-devel] CRAN questions

[David Winsemius]

On my mail client the two “quotes” are not matching. One appears vertical and the other slightly slanting. 

Sent from my iPhone (which could mean I’m seeing an artifact arising in Cupertino. )

David

> On Aug 7, 2018, at 11:11 AM, Uwe Ligges <ligges using statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote:
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>> On 07.08.2018 20:07, Ossenbruggen, Paul wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I believe the missed spelled words are false/positives, but I am new to R package development and uncertain if these Notes are will cause rejection:
>> Possibly mis-spelled words in DESCRIPTION:
>>   cartools (3:8)
> 
> 
> Software names (only) should be single quotes in Title and Description fields.
> 
> 
>> Unknown, possibly mis-spelled, fields in DESCRIPTION:
>>   ‘Remotes'
> 
> Please get rid of that field for CRAN submissions.
> 
> 
> 
>>  The following Note may be serious. I would address it but I cannot decipher its meaning. My best guess is that the package name, “cartools” does not match “Basic.tar.gz”.
> 
> Basic.tar.gz can't be a valid filename prodiced by R CMD build.
> 
> R CMD build will use the package name and version number for the name of the tarball.
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> 
>> The Title field is just the package name: provide a real title.
> 
> Please provide a name
> 
> Package:
> 
> 
>> On 07.08.2018 20:07, Ossenbruggen, Paul wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I believe the missed spelled words are false/positives, but I am new to R package development and uncertain if these Notes are will cause rejection:
>> Possibly mis-spelled words in DESCRIPTION:
>>   cartools (3:8)
> 
> 
> Software names (only) should be single quotes in Title and Description fields.
> 
> 
>> Unknown, possibly mis-spelled, fields in DESCRIPTION:
>>   ‘Remotes'
> 
> Please get rid of that field for CRAN submissions.
> 
> 
> 
>>  The following Note may be serious. I would address it but I cannot decipher its meaning. My best guess is that the package name, “cartools” does not match “Basic.tar.gz”.
> 
> Basic.tar.gz can't be a valid filename prodiced by R CMD build.
> 
> R CMD build will use the package name and version number for the name of the tarball.
> 
> 
>> The Title field is just the package name: provide a real title.
> 
> Please provide a name
> 
> Package:
> 
> and a title in
> 
> Title:
> 
> 
> Where the title can be a bit more descriptive than the name, of course.
> 
> Look at examples what other packages do.
> 
> Best,
> Uwe Ligges
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> 
> 
> 
> 
>>  Guidance will be appreciated.
>> Thanks,
>> Paul
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