Thanks for the reply, Ben. The SystemRequirements is "Cargo (>= 1.56) for installation from source: see INSTALL file". The INSTALL notes that the package contains Rust source code compiled by Cargo (the Rust package manager) which can be obtained from the Rust project at https://rustup.rs. On Windows, this involves downloading an executable and following the onscreen instructions.
In my follow-up email, I wrote, "Alternatively, if you prefer, could these packages please download binary libraries produced by Cargo in accordance with the CRAN policy: 'Only as a last resort and with the agreement of the CRAN team should a package download pre-compiled software.'" So you suggest I politely nudge instead of resubmitting? I don't think that CRAN even has a copy of my submission anymore. (It was here https://cran.r-project.org/incoming/archive/ for several weeks, but is now gone.) Thanks! -- David On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 9:47 AM Ben Bolker <bbol...@gmail.com> wrote: > One question and one suggestion. > > Is the software required/indicated by the SystemRequirements field > unusual/possibly burdensome to install across platforms? That wouldn't > justify not responding to your e-mails, but it might explain why the > package didn't make it onto CRAN. > > For some context, can you tell us what the system > requirement/alternative is? > > The suggestion would be to politely nudge again. > > On 9/14/22 11:24 AM, David B. Dahl wrote: > > Hi colleagues. I am hoping to get some advice from you on how to get > > a package "unstuck" at CRAN without antagonizing the busy CRAN > > maintainers. > > > > I submitted to CRAN an update to one of my packages on August 5. The > > submission passed the automatic tests on Debian, but not Windows. The > > automated response said, "If you are fairly certain the rejection is a > > false positive, please reply-all to this message and explain." I > > replied-all and noted that the failure should be resolved by please > > installing software as described in the SystemRequirements field and > > the referenced INSTALL file. After three weeks of not hearing back, I > > sent a polite nudge (again via reply-all) on August 26 and suggested > > an alternative if my original solution was not feasible. I still have > > not heard back and notice that now my package source is no longer on > > https://cran.r-project.org/incoming/archive/. > > > > How would you recommend that I proceed in a professional fashion? > Thanks! > > > > -- David B. Dahl > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel > > -- > Dr. Benjamin Bolker > Professor, Mathematics & Statistics and Biology, McMaster University > Director, School of Computational Science and Engineering > Graduate chair, Mathematics & Statistics > > ______________________________________________ > 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
