[R-pkg-devel] Failed CRAN tar.gz upload to CRAN

[Chris Brien]

Hi Ivan,

The submit button has worked!!!!

You are right that it is counterintuitive and I have been well trained not to submit things to CRAN that contain errors :-)

I agree that something like "Package uploaded" would be better than "No file chosen" in Stage 2, afterall I have chosen a file.

Thanks very much for your help. All's well that ends well.

Cheers,

  Chris



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ivan Krylov <krylov.r00t using gmail.com>
> Sent: Saturday, 14 January 2023 8:45 AM
> To: Chris Brien <chris.brien using adelaide.edu.au>
> Cc: r-package-devel using r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] Failed CRAN tar.gz upload to CRAN
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> On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 21:51:01 +0000
> Chris Brien <chris.brien using adelaide.edu.au> wrote:
>
> > the package files is being dropped as well. It replaces my file name
> > with "No file chosen".  Consequently I cannot continue submit the
> > package.
>
> I understand that this behaviour is counter-intuitive, but that seems to be
> the way it's supposed to work. Package submission is a multi-step
> process:
>
> Step 1 involves providing your name, your e-mail address and the package
> file. Once uploaded, the package file stays somewhere at CRAN, at least for a
> while.
>
> Step 2 involves making sure that you've uploaded the right package.
> You're shown your name, e-mail address, the optional comment and the
> fields from the DESCRIPTION file. The "Package:" file upload field should be
> empty because CRAN already has a copy of the file.
>
> Pressing the "Re-upload the package/Edit information" will repeat the step 1
> and take you back to the same place, just before the step 2. In order to
> progress, you need to press the "Submit package" button below the form,
> despite the "Package:" file upload field is empty.
>
> Do the "Title:", "Description:", "Authors(s):" fields contain the information for
> your package? Does the "Submit package" button work for you? Are there
> any other messages there?
>
> Perhaps the CRAN submission form should show some indication that the file
> has been uploaded near the file entry field during step 2?
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Ivan