Re: [R-pkg-devel] CRAN policy on binary submission

2018-01-09 Thread Uwe Ligges 



On 09.01.2018 03:25, Hugh Parsonage wrote:

On https://cran.r-project.org/ , it says


Note that we generally do not accept submissions of precompiled binaries due to 
security reasons


I note it says 'generally', not 'always'. Are there any packages on
CRAN which were submitted as precompiled binaries? 


No.


Under what
circumstances would CRAN accept binaries?



Not at all.

Best,
Uwe Ligges



Hugh

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Re: [R-pkg-devel] CRAN policy on binary submission

2018-01-08 Thread Mark van der Loo 
Dear Hugh, this question was asked earlier on this list:
http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/executable-files-R-package-td4390488.html

See especially the answer of Duncan Murdoch.

Best,
Mark

Op di 9 jan. 2018 om 03:26 schreef Hugh Parsonage :

> On https://cran.r-project.org/ , it says
>
> > Note that we generally do not accept submissions of precompiled binaries
> due to security reasons
>
> I note it says 'generally', not 'always'. Are there any packages on
> CRAN which were submitted as precompiled binaries? Under what
> circumstances would CRAN accept binaries?
>
>
> Hugh
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[R-pkg-devel] CRAN policy on binary submission

2018-01-08 Thread Hugh Parsonage 
On https://cran.r-project.org/ , it says

> Note that we generally do not accept submissions of precompiled binaries due 
> to security reasons

I note it says 'generally', not 'always'. Are there any packages on
CRAN which were submitted as precompiled binaries? Under what
circumstances would CRAN accept binaries?


Hugh

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