[R-pkg-devel] What checks are required before uploading a package to CRAN?

[Uwe Ligges]

On 05.04.2023 09:17, Ivan Krylov wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Apr 2023 14:28:52 -0600
> John Lawson <lawsonjsl7net using gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> ERROR: Access to the path
>> 'C:\Inetpub\ftproot\R-devel\daewr_1.2-9.tar.gz' is denied. (perhaps
>> you uploaded already and the file has not been processed yet?)
>>
>> It has been 4 days since I uploaded the file to R-release, and I get
>> automatic emails every other day from Uwe Ligges telling me my package
>> has been checked and built.

Interesting, you shouild receive one mail for each upload.
Can yoiu tell me when you got an unexpected one? Can you forward it to me?

I do not see a package in any of the queues right now.

Best,
Uwe Ligges



> 
> This might need some help from Uwe Ligges to resolve the package queue
> problems.
> 
>> What checks are required before uploading the package tar.gz file to
>> the cran.r-project.org/submit.html page?
> 
> The policy strongly recommends checking the package with R-devel but
> doesn't require you to use Win-Builder. You can get R-devel for Windows
> from <https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rdevel.html> and run
> R CMD check from that.
> 
> If you don't want to install additional software, you can use R-hub
> <https://builder.r-hub.io/advanced> and other package checking services.
> They don't run exactly the same software on exactly the same hardware
> as CRAN checks, but they do fulfil the requirement to have your package
> checked by R-devel.
>