Thanks for the detailed explanation!
Best, Boxuan (Bo) On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 4:29 PM, Uwe Ligges <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de > wrote: > A lot is automated, but another lot has to be checked manually. It depends > on the package and its notes. > > Then policies you are quoting have two reasons: > > 1. we take a look what is going on if a submission comes in too quickly as > this is typically suspicious. Hence a quick submission creates manual work > in any case, > > 2. each version of a package is archived, so when people submit > frequently, CRAN is growing quickly. > > As CRAN is a repository for releases software, we expect that releases are > well tested and hence do not happen too frequently. > > In case you nevertheless found a serious bug, please submit a fixed > version and explain why this was needed in the submission comments. > > Best, > Uwe Ligges > > > > > > > > > On 31.05.2018 18:29, Boxuan Cui wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> During my recent CRAN submissions, I noticed a more streamlined/automatic >> process. I am wondering if the submission still requires a manual >> approval, >> or does it go to CRAN automatically after all checks? >> >> I am asking because I accidentally shipped a showstopper bug for a new >> feature for DataExplorer v0.6 >> <https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=DataExplorer> yesterday. The fix is >> one >> line of code change. >> >> However, I am certainly aware of the CRAN Repository Policy >> <https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/policies.html#Submission> and >> definitely respect that: >> >> *Submitting updates should be done responsibly and with respect for the >> volunteers’ time. Once a package is established (which may take several >> rounds), “no more than every 1–2 months” seems appropriate.* >> >> >> If this is the case, I will wait for another month or two to push a fix to >> CRAN, and push the fixed version to GitHub for now. >> >> Thank you! >> >> >> Best, >> Boxuan (Bo) >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
