discrepancy between r cmd check --as-cran and messages at submission
On 15/10/2013 01:04, corentin barbu wrote:
Dear r-devel list, I've observed at both of my submissions that issues arise at submission that were not pointed out by R cmd check --as-cran For example at my last submission: You have VignetteBuilder: knitr but there is nothing looking like a vignette in your source package.... We also see: * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... NOTE Author field differs from that derived from Authors at R Author: 'Corentin M Barbu <corentin.barbu at gmail.com> [aut, cre], Sebastian Gibb <mail at sebastiangibb.de> [ctb]' Authors at R: 'Corentin M Barbu [aut, cre], Sebastian Gibb [ctb]' Maintainer field differs from that derived from Authors at R Maintainer: 'Corentin M. Barbu <corentin.barbu at gmail.com>' Authors at R: 'Corentin M Barbu <corentin.barbu at gmail.com>' Both were stupid mistakes, largely due to my inexperience but none was detected by R cmd check --as-cran or even at build by http://win-builder.r-project.org/upload.aspx Is there anything else I can use to better check my packages before submission?
Yes, follow the CRAN policies: 'Please ensure that R CMD check --as-cran has been run on the tarball to be uploaded before submission. This should be done with the current version of R-devel (or if that is not possible, current R-patched or the current release of R.)' The check of Authors at R is in R-devel only, and requires --as-cran.
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