On 21 July 2015 at 11:46, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
In my humble opinion, such a project could be of great utility to several people that is starting to migrate to GNU/Linux, or to people willing to test their packages with the latest development version of R but without all the knowledge to properly set up the environment on their local machines. If I can contribute to a "LinBuilder" (e.g., testing), I would be willing to do it. Kind regards, Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini, PhD ===================================== Dept. of Civil Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Sciences Universidad de La Frontera PO Box 54-D, Temuco, Chile ===================================== mailto : mauricio.zambr...@ufrontera.cl work-phone : +56 45 259 2812 http://ingenieriacivil.ufro.cl/ ===================================== "When the pupil is ready, the master arrives." (Zen proverb) ===================================== Linux user #454569 -- Linux Mint user > > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
