[R-pkg-devel] Advice on resubmitting when no response from CRAN

[David B. Dahl]

Thanks for the reply, Ben.

The SystemRequirements is "Cargo (>= 1.56) for installation from source:
see INSTALL file".  The INSTALL notes that the package contains Rust source
code compiled by Cargo (the Rust package manager) which can be obtained
from the Rust project at https://rustup.rs.  On Windows, this involves
downloading an executable and following the onscreen instructions.

In my follow-up email, I wrote, "Alternatively, if you prefer, could these
packages please download
binary libraries produced by Cargo in accordance with the CRAN policy:
'Only as a last resort and with the agreement of the CRAN team should a
package download pre-compiled software.'"

So you suggest I politely nudge instead of resubmitting?  I don't think
that CRAN even has a copy of my submission anymore.  (It was here
https://cran.r-project.org/incoming/archive/ for several weeks, but is now
gone.)

Thanks!

-- David


On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 9:47 AM Ben Bolker <bbolker using gmail.com> wrote:

>     One question and one suggestion.
>
>     Is the software required/indicated by the SystemRequirements field
> unusual/possibly burdensome to install across platforms? That wouldn't
> justify not responding to your e-mails, but it might explain why the
> package didn't make it onto CRAN.
>
>    For some context, can you tell us what the system
> requirement/alternative is?
>
>    The suggestion would be to politely nudge again.
>
> On 9/14/22 11:24 AM, David B. Dahl wrote:
> > Hi colleagues.  I am hoping to get some advice from you on how to get
> > a package "unstuck" at CRAN without antagonizing the busy CRAN
> > maintainers.
> >
> > I submitted to CRAN an update to one of my packages on August 5.  The
> > submission passed the automatic tests on Debian, but not Windows.  The
> > automated response said, "If you are fairly certain the rejection is a
> > false positive, please reply-all to this message and explain."  I
> > replied-all and noted that the failure should be resolved by please
> > installing software as described in the SystemRequirements field and
> > the referenced INSTALL file.  After three weeks of not hearing back, I
> > sent a polite nudge (again via reply-all) on August 26 and suggested
> > an alternative if my original solution was not feasible.  I still have
> > not heard back and notice that now my package source is no longer on
> > https://cran.r-project.org/incoming/archive/.
> >
> > How would you recommend that I proceed in a professional fashion?
> Thanks!
> >
> > -- David B. Dahl
> >
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> Dr. Benjamin Bolker
> Professor, Mathematics & Statistics and Biology, McMaster University
> Director, School of Computational Science and Engineering
> Graduate chair, Mathematics & Statistics
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