Message-ID: <23175.16493.805937.947732@rob.eddelbuettel.com>
Date: 2018-02-16T20:34:53Z
From: Dirk Eddelbuettel
Subject: [R-pkg-devel] CRAN submission: Packages accepted if they run on two major R platforms
In-Reply-To: <c969faef-9fd4-8500-f2bf-1b00a5b17b62@ifom.eu>
Carmen,
On 16 February 2018 at 17:59, Carmen M. Livi wrote:
| I am new here and have a question regarding package submissions:
|
| "CRAN Repository Policy" states that "packages will not be accepted that
| do not run on at least two major R platforms".
|
| My package runs on MAC and Linux. So I assume that I can submit my
| package without configuring it for Windows.
|
| - Can I therefore ignore the "R CMD check" results from winbuilder after
| submitting the package?
| - Or is there a way to force the submission just on MAC and Linux machines?
There is, via OS_type. Again, see "Writing R Extensions". But methinks that
you could (and should) fix your package to build in Windows if there is no
structural reason for it not to build.
Dirk
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