[R-pkg-devel] Time for CRAN response

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 15/12/2019 1:29 p.m., Tiago Olivoto wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I've submitted my package 'metan' to CRAN for the first time a few weeks ago
> and received some suggestions to improve the code. After fixing some bugs,
> I've resubmitted it on November 25, but I still don't have any response and
> the package was not found in incoming/ dir on CRAN cran ftp site. Since it
> is my first experience, I would like to have an idea about how long the CRAN
> team usually decides about a package submission.
> 

If it is not in incoming/, something went wrong.  The most common thing 
to go wrong is that the maintainer didn't respond to the confirmation 
message. That message looks like this for a resubmission.  I assume 
first time submissions have a similar message:

> Dear Duncan Murdoch
> Someone has submitted the package rgl to CRAN.
> You are receiving this email to confirm the submission as the maintainer of
> this package.
> To confirm the submission to CRAN, follow or copy & paste the following
> link into your browser:
> ...


When you confirm submission, you'll get another message that looks like 
this:

> [This was generated from CRAN.R-project.org/submit.html]
> 
> The following package was uploaded to CRAN:
> ===========================================
> 
> Package Information:
> Package: rgl 
> Version: 0.100.26 
 > ...

After that, it goes into a queue for checking, and usually within a few 
days you'll be told about problems with it or it will be accepted to 
CRAN.  (Sometimes you'll be told very quickly, if the automated checks 
find a problem.)

Duncan Murdoch