Hi Simon, The email that Neal is referring to was sent by me (this email address) to c...@r-project.org on Mon, 23 Oct 2023.
Thanks, Nic On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 at 18:51, Simon Urbanek <simon.urba...@r-project.org> wrote: > > Neal, > > generally, binaries are not allowed since CRAN cannot check the provenance so > it's not worth the risk, and it's close to impossible to maintain them over > time across different systems, toolchains and architectures as they evolve. > Historically, some packages allowed to provide binaries (e.g., back when the > Windows toolchain was not as complete and there was only Win32 target it was > more common to supply a Windows binary) and CRAN was more lenient, but it > should be avoided nowadays as it was simply too fragile. > > As Andrew pointed out in special circumstances you can use external > hash-checked *source* tar balls, but generally you should provide sources in > the package. > > I do not see any e-mail from you to c...@r-project.org about this, so please > make sure you are using the correct e-mail if you intend to plead your case. > > Cheers, > Simon > > > > > On Jan 30, 2024, at 3:11 AM, Neal Richardson <neal.p.richard...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > CRAN's policy on using external C/C++/Fortran/other libraries says: > > > > "Where a package wishes to make use of a library not written solely for the > > package, the package installation should first look to see if it is already > > installed and if so is of a suitable version. In case not, it is desirable > > to include the library sources in the package and compile them as part of > > package installation. If the sources are too large, it is acceptable to > > download them as part of installation, but do ensure that the download is > > of a fixed version rather than the latest. Only as a last resort and with > > the agreement of the CRAN team should a package download pre-compiled > > software." > > > > Apologies if this is documented somewhere I've missed, but how does one get > > CRAN's agreement to download pre-compiled software? A project I work with > > has been seeking permission since October, but emails to both > > c...@r-project.org and cran-submissi...@r-project.org about this have not > > been acknowledged. > > > > I recognize that this mailing list is not CRAN, but I was hoping someone > > here might know the right way to reach the CRAN team to provide a judgment > > on such a request. > > > > Thank you, > > Neal > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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 ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
