On 21/07/2015 9:01 AM, ProfJCNash wrote: > > There has been some disagreement on where it is appropriate to post > questions about package checking procedures, including the building of > the environment e.g., R-devel under Linux Mint. > > In looking at https://www.r-project.org/mail.html, it seems to me that > the procedures belong with r-package-devel, but there doesn't seem to be > a good home for the consequent need to build R-devel to do this. Have I > missed the appropriate list? > > It seems to me that the volume of queries of this sort, and the success > of WinBuilder, suggest we could seriously use similar a Linbuilder and > MacBuilder (and possibly others). There's a lot of duplicated effort > being wasted on the R-devel side in particular. > > Is there sufficient interest to > - make the effort to emulate Winbuilder for Linux and/or Mac > - coordinate the volunteer effort > - fund/support the necessary infrastructure (it could be worth a modest > contribution to save effort)? > > For the record, I'm willing to participate. I've managed to set up Linux > Mint VirtualBox instances that run R current and R devel for testing, > though I find I must do more work than I'd like to maintain things, > likely as a result of my own limited skills.
That sounds like the sort of project the R Consortium would support. They are just getting started, but soon they will have a committee set up to decide on projects, and presumably soon after that will have a process in place to solicit them. Duncan Murdoch ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
