[R-pkg-devel] CRAN Packages over 5 MB & Time Length for Manual Inspection

[Richard Shefferson]

My understanding is that packages over 5MB are only allowed under
exceptional circumstances. You would need to include a note in your
submission explaining why it is over 5 MB. If it is not accepted, then the
reason provided is not sufficient. I believe that the CRAN guidelines
actually state this, and there may even be Stack Exchange cases related to
this, as well.

Not sure about how long to wait for a response, but since the CRAN team is
made up of volunteers who have plenty of other things on their plates, I
always interpret a lack of response as meaning that I missed something
obvious.

Rich Shefferson

On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 3:54 EcoC2S - Irucka Embry <iembry using ecoccs.com>
wrote:

> Greetings!
>
> I submitted my USA.state.boundaries package on 6 January 2023 and Uwe
> responded back letting me know that it was over the 5 MB CRAN threshold.
> I responded back to Uwe letting him know that as of that date there were
> 52 CRAN packages over 5 MB. As of today (29 January 2023), there are
> actually 53 CRAN packages over 5 MB.
>
> As I heard no response back from Uwe, I re-submitted my
> USA.state.boundaries package on 12 January and 21 January. As of today,
> I have not heard any response back from Uwe or any other CRAN team
> volunteer.
>
> There are 2 questions:
>
> 1) How long should it take to receive a response back from a CRAN team
> volunteer after a manual inspection of a CRAN package?
>
> 2) Why has my package been denied acceptance to CRAN while a new package
> over 5 MB has been allowed to be hosted on CRAN recently?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Irucka Embry
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