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[R-pkg-devel] Cannot submit package due to misspell note

20 messages · Dudek Andrzej, Ben Bolker, David Hugh-Jones +5 more

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Dudek Andrzej
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Hello,

I've stuck in submitting new version of package(mdsOpt), due to the following note,

Possibly mis-spelled words in DESCRIPTION:
  De (13:2)
  Diday (14:48)
  Groenen (12:13, 14:2)
  Leeuw (13:5)
  Mair (12:30, 13:16)
  Walesiak (15:2, 16:2)
  Winsberg (14:19)

which cause the rejection at submission process.

The description file / section looks like this:

Description: Selecting the optimal multidimensional scaling (MDS) procedure for metric data via metric MDS (ratio, interval, mspline) and nonmetric MDS (ordinal). Selecting the optimal multidimensional scaling (MDS) procedure for interval-valued symbolic data via metric MDS (ratio, interval, mspline). Selecting the optimal MDS procedure for statistical data referring to the evaluation of tourist attractiveness of Lower Silesian counties.
(Borg, I., Groenen, P.J.F., Mair, P. (2013) <doi:10.1007/978-3-642-31848-1>,
 De Leeuw, J., Mair, P. (2015) <doi:10.1002/9781118445112.stat06268.pub2>,
 Groenen, P.J.F., Winsberg, S., Rodriguez, O., Diday, E. (2006) <doi:10.1016/j.csda.2006.04.003>,
Walesiak, M. (2016) <doi:10.15611/ekt.2016.2.01>,
 Walesiak, M. (2017) <doi:10.15611/ekt.2017.3.01>).

I've tried to check  the documentation but found nothing about including references in description files (which AFAIK is now required).

Thank in advance for any help!

Andrzej

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Professor of Wroclaw University of Economics
Department of Econometrics and Computer Science,
Nowowiejska 3, 58-506 Jelenia G?ra, Poland
mail: andrzej.dudek at ue.wroc.pl<mailto:andrzej.dudek at ue.wroc.pl>
Ben Bolker
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Can you clarify what "which cause the rejection at submission process"
means, i.e. have the CRAN maintainers already rejected your package
because of this note, or are you afraid they will?

Looking at https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-exts.html#The-DESCRIPTION-file
, I agree that there's not much useful guidance. The entry on the
Description field is:
You could protect the names in single quotation marks, but that seems awkward.

  My best guess (I don't know if the CRAN maintainers would go for
this or not) would be to add a References: field, put your references
therein, and refer to that field within your Description: field (from
TFM, "There is no restriction on the use of other fields not mentioned
here ...")  (I don't know if additional fields are spell-checked or
not ...)
On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 3:13 PM, Dudek Andrzej <Andrzej.Dudek at ue.wroc.pl> wrote:
David Hugh-Jones
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Why not remove the references and instead put them in the package citation
info?
On Thu, 5 Apr 2018 at 20:35, Dudek Andrzej <Andrzej.Dudek at ue.wroc.pl> wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

  
    

      
      
    

  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

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I may be wrong,  but I have "mis-spelled" words in my submissions.  When you submit to CRAN,  I am pretty certain the spell-check is automated by a spell-checker,  adn if those words aren't recognized they will throw the note.

Try creating a cran-comments.md file, and put into that everything you have done to check your submission,  and  every note that you receive.  If those words correctly spelled correctly,  put that in the file.  See http://r-pkgs.had.co.nz/release.html  for more information on making a good submission.  

Even with that,  likely on the automatic check you will get the same response, respond to that that  the information is contained in the cran-comments.md file,  and then give the maintainers a few days to respond.  I have found the amount of time till I get a response is highly variable,  as I am certain the maintainers are very busy,  mainly just saying don't panic if you don't hear back right away.

HTH,

-Roy

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

        
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      Dudek Andrzej
    

    

      
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CRAN maintainers rejected the package two times already due to this note 

But for previous version I've been asked to add the references in description field:

            

      
      
      
    

        
Thanks, can you please extend your description text.

Can you provide some references in the form authors (year) <doi:...> or <arXiv:...> (no space after 'doi:' and 'arXiv:')?

Best,
Swetlana Herbrandt

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So at this point is some kind of vicious circle for me :-)  Maybe adding quotation mark is best idea (?)

Best ,- 

Andrzej

-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Bolker [mailto:bbolker at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2018 9:51 PM
To: Dudek Andrzej <Andrzej.Dudek at ue.wroc.pl>
Cc: r-package-devel at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] Cannot submit package due to misspell note

Can you clarify what "which cause the rejection at submission process"
means, i.e. have the CRAN maintainers already rejected your package because of this note, or are you afraid they will?

Looking at https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-exts.html#The-DESCRIPTION-file
, I agree that there's not much useful guidance. The entry on the Description field is:

            

      
      
      
    

        
You could protect the names in single quotation marks, but that seems awkward.

  My best guess (I don't know if the CRAN maintainers would go for this or not) would be to add a References: field, put your references therein, and refer to that field within your Description: field (from TFM, "There is no restriction on the use of other fields not mentioned here ...")  (I don't know if additional fields are spell-checked or not ...)

        
On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 3:13 PM, Dudek Andrzej <Andrzej.Dudek at ue.wroc.pl> wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

  
  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

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I don't think your DESCRIPTION file is properly formed.  See http://r-pkgs.had.co.nz/description.html for more information.  Author fields in particular are done in a particular way.

HTH,

-Roy

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

        

      
      
    

        
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"The contents of this message do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government or NOAA."
**********************
Roy Mendelssohn
Supervisory Operations Research Analyst
NOAA/NMFS
Environmental Research Division
Southwest Fisheries Science Center
***Note new street address***
110 McAllister Way
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone: (831)-420-3666
Fax: (831) 420-3980
e-mail: Roy.Mendelssohn at noaa.gov www: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/

"Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill."
"From those who have been given much, much will be expected" 
"the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice" -MLK Jr.

  
  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

      Dudek Andrzej
    

    

      
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IMHO citation info is something completely different. I?ve been asked to add references in description field by CRAN maintainers

            

      
      
      
    

        
Thanks, can you please extend your description text.



Can you provide some references in the form authors (year) <doi:...> or <arXiv:...> (no space after 'doi:' and 'arXiv:')?



Best,

Swetlana Herbrandt



So it is not about citation info for the package but references to methods implemented ?.

Thanks anyway for your help.

Andrzej


From: David Hugh-Jones [mailto:davidhughjones at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2018 10:05 PM
To: Dudek Andrzej <Andrzej.Dudek at ue.wroc.pl>
Cc: r-package-devel at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] Cannot submit package due to misspell note

 Why not remove the references and instead put them in the package citation info?

        
On Thu, 5 Apr 2018 at 20:35, Dudek Andrzej <Andrzej.Dudek at ue.wroc.pl<mailto:Andrzej.Dudek at ue.wroc.pl>> wrote:

        
Hello,

I've stuck in submitting new version of package(mdsOpt), due to the following note,

Possibly mis-spelled words in DESCRIPTION:
  De (13:2)
  Diday (14:48)
  Groenen (12:13, 14:2)
  Leeuw (13:5)
  Mair (12:30, 13:16)
  Walesiak (15:2, 16:2)
  Winsberg (14:19)

which cause the rejection at submission process.

The description file / section looks like this:

Description: Selecting the optimal multidimensional scaling (MDS) procedure for metric data via metric MDS (ratio, interval, mspline) and nonmetric MDS (ordinal). Selecting the optimal multidimensional scaling (MDS) procedure for interval-valued symbolic data via metric MDS (ratio, interval, mspline). Selecting the optimal MDS procedure for statistical data referring to the evaluation of tourist attractiveness of Lower Silesian counties.
(Borg, I., Groenen, P.J.F., Mair, P. (2013) <doi:10.1007/978-3-642-31848-1>,
 De Leeuw, J., Mair, P. (2015) <doi:10.1002/9781118445112.stat06268.pub2>,
 Groenen, P.J.F., Winsberg, S., Rodriguez, O., Diday, E. (2006) <doi:10.1016/j.csda.2006.04.003>,
Walesiak, M. (2016) <doi:10.15611/ekt.2016.2.01>,
 Walesiak, M. (2017) <doi:10.15611/ekt.2017.3.01>).

I've tried to check  the documentation but found nothing about including references in description files (which AFAIK is now required).

Thank in advance for any help!

Andrzej

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Professor of Wroclaw University of Economics
Department of Econometrics and Computer Science,
Nowowiejska 3, 58-506 Jelenia G?ra, Poland
mail: andrzej.dudek at ue.wroc.pl<mailto:andrzej.dudek at ue.wroc.pl><mailto:andrzej.dudek at ue.wroc.pl<mailto:andrzej.dudek at ue.wroc.pl>>




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On 05/04/2018 4:17 PM, Dudek Andrzej wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
You didn't post the message for the current submission.  In my 
experience, they won't reject a package due to false positives from the 
spell checker, so I would guess that you have misinterpreted their 
rejection message.

When I was checking incoming packages, I would generally ask submitters 
to respect the requirement to use complete sentences; none of your 
"sentences", e.g.

Selecting the optimal multidimensional scaling (MDS) procedure for 
metric data via metric MDS (ratio, interval, mspline) and nonmetric MDS 
(ordinal).

and your reference list

(Borg, I., Groenen, P.J.F., Mair, P. (2013) <doi:10.1007/978-3-642-31848-1>,
  De Leeuw, J., Mair, P. (2015) <doi:10.1002/9781118445112.stat06268.pub2>,
  Groenen, P.J.F., Winsberg, S., Rodriguez, O., Diday, E. (2006) 
<doi:10.1016/j.csda.2006.04.003>,
Walesiak, M. (2016) <doi:10.15611/ekt.2016.2.01>,
  Walesiak, M. (2017) <doi:10.15611/ekt.2017.3.01>).

are grammatically complete sentences, so I probably would have asked you 
to reword things.

Duncan Murdoch

  
  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

      Georgi Boshnakov
    

    

      
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My understanding is that CRAN asks for references in the description field when they feel that it would not be very clear what the package is about. 
As to the possibly mis-spelled words, jus mention in the submission that you think they are ok, surely there is no need to put author names inquires.

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      Ben Bolker
    

    

      
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I think it was reasonable to post this to the list for discussion --
it's good not to bother the CRAN maintainers unnecessarily. At this
point it might be more productive to e-mail them (CRAN maintainers)
for clarification:  e.g., explain your interpretation of what they're
asking you to do and give them some options about how you might
propose to meet their requirements. Otherwise you're asking a bunch of
strangers on the internet to guess what the CRAN maintainers want you
to do ...

        
On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 4:30 PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

  
  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

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On 05/04/2018 4:41 PM, Ben Bolker wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
... without showing us what they asked you to do.

Duncan Murdoch

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

  
  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

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Ok, my fault sorry:

This is the original message for current submission from prof. Ligges  

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Dear maintainer,
 
package mdsOpt_0.3-1.tar.gz does not pass the incoming checks automatically, please see the pre-test at:
<https://win-builder.r-project.org/incoming_pretest/mdsOpt_0.3-1_20180404_090906/Windows/00check.log>
Status: 1 NOTE
 
Current CRAN status: ERROR: 1, OK: 11
See: <https://CRAN.R-project.org/web/checks/check_results_mdsOpt.html>
 
Please fix all problems and resubmit a fixed version via the webform.
If you are not sure how to fix the problems shown, please ask for help on the R-package-devel mailing list:
<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel>
If you are fairly certain the rejection is a false positive, please reply-all to this message and explain.
 
More details are given in the directory:
<https://win-builder.r-project.org/incoming_pretest/mdsOpt_0.3-1_20180404_090906/>
The files will be removed after roughly 7 days.
 
 
Best regards,
CRAN teams' auto-check service

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And following the first link:


* using log directory 'd:/RCompile/CRANincoming/R-devel/mdsOpt.Rcheck'
* using R version 3.5.0 alpha (2018-03-30 r74499)
* using platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32 (64-bit)
* using session charset: ISO8859-1
* checking for file 'mdsOpt/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
* this is package 'mdsOpt' version '0.3-1'
* package encoding: UTF-8
* checking CRAN incoming feasibility ... NOTE
Maintainer: 'Andrzej Dudek <andrzej.dudek at ue.wroc.pl>'

Possibly mis-spelled words in DESCRIPTION:
  De (13:2)
  Diday (14:47)
  Groenen (12:13, 14:2)
  Leeuw (13:5)
  Mair (12:30, 13:16)
  Walesiak (15:2, 16:2)
  Winsberg (14:18)

The Title field should be in title case, current version then in title case:
'Searching for Optimal MDS Procedure for Metric and Interval-valued Symbolic Data'
'Searching for Optimal MDS Procedure for Metric and Interval-Valued Symbolic Data'
* checking package namespace information ... OK
* checking package dependencies ... OK
* checking if this is a source package ... OK
* checking if there is a namespace ... OK
* checking for hidden files and directories ... OK
* checking for portable file names ... OK
* checking serialization versions ... OK
* checking whether package 'mdsOpt' can be installed ... OK
* checking installed package size ... OK
* checking package directory ... OK
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
* checking top-level files ... OK
* checking for left-over files ... OK
* checking index information ... OK
* checking package subdirectories ... OK
* checking R files for non-ASCII characters ... OK
* checking R files for syntax errors ... OK
* loading checks for arch 'i386'
** checking whether the package can be loaded ... OK
** checking whether the package can be loaded with stated dependencies ... OK
** checking whether the package can be unloaded cleanly ... OK
** checking whether the namespace can be loaded with stated dependencies ... OK
** checking whether the namespace can be unloaded cleanly ... OK
** checking loading without being on the library search path ... OK
** checking use of S3 registration ... OK
* loading checks for arch 'x64'
** checking whether the package can be loaded ... OK
** checking whether the package can be loaded with stated dependencies ... OK
** checking whether the package can be unloaded cleanly ... OK
** checking whether the namespace can be loaded with stated dependencies ... OK
** checking whether the namespace can be unloaded cleanly ... OK
** checking loading without being on the library search path ... OK
** checking use of S3 registration ... OK
* checking dependencies in R code ... OK
* checking S3 generic/method consistency ... OK
* checking replacement functions ... OK
* checking foreign function calls ... OK
* checking R code for possible problems ... [12s] OK
* checking Rd files ... OK
* checking Rd metadata ... OK
* checking Rd line widths ... OK
* checking Rd cross-references ... OK
* checking for missing documentation entries ... OK
* checking for code/documentation mismatches ... OK
* checking Rd \usage sections ... OK
* checking Rd contents ... OK
* checking for unstated dependencies in examples ... OK
* checking contents of 'data' directory ... OK
* checking data for non-ASCII characters ... OK
* checking data for ASCII and uncompressed saves ... OK
* checking examples ...
** running examples for arch 'i386' ... [15s] OK
** running examples for arch 'x64' ... [16s] OK
* checking for unstated dependencies in 'tests' ... OK
* checking tests ...
** running tests for arch 'i386' ... [4s] OK
  Running 'testthat.R' [4s]
** running tests for arch 'x64' ... [5s] OK
  Running 'testthat.R' [5s]
* checking PDF version of manual ... OK
* DONE
Status: 1 NOTE


So I assume the rejection is due to misspelling note (or maybe I cannot read this message properly :-))

Still appreciate any help 

Best regards 

Andrzej 

-----Original Message-----
From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2018 10:48 PM
To: Ben Bolker <bbolker at gmail.com>
Cc: Dudek Andrzej <Andrzej.Dudek at ue.wroc.pl>; r-package-devel at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] Cannot submit package due to misspell note

        
On 05/04/2018 4:41 PM, Ben Bolker wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
... without showing us what they asked you to do.

Duncan Murdoch

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

  
  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

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In fact, the reason for rejection is just after the 'misspelled' words:

            

      
      
      
    

        
'>Searching for Optimal MDS Procedure for Metric and Interval-valued Symbolic Data'

            

      
      
      
    

        
Just copy the second line, which is the suggested title in 'title case'.  
(and write in the Note field on the submission page that the misspelled words are actually names, which you have checked)

Georgi Boshnakov




-----Original Message-----
From: R-package-devel [mailto:r-package-devel-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Dudek Andrzej
Sent: 06 April 2018 07:13
Cc: r-package-devel at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] Cannot submit package due to misspell note

Ok, my fault sorry:

This is the original message for current submission from prof. Ligges  

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Dear maintainer,

package mdsOpt_0.3-1.tar.gz does not pass the incoming checks automatically, please see the pre-test at:
<https://win-builder.r-project.org/incoming_pretest/mdsOpt_0.3-1_20180404_090906/Windows/00check.log>
Status: 1 NOTE

Current CRAN status: ERROR: 1, OK: 11
See: <https://CRAN.R-project.org/web/checks/check_results_mdsOpt.html>

Please fix all problems and resubmit a fixed version via the webform.
If you are not sure how to fix the problems shown, please ask for help on the R-package-devel mailing list:
<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel>
If you are fairly certain the rejection is a false positive, please reply-all to this message and explain.

More details are given in the directory:
<https://win-builder.r-project.org/incoming_pretest/mdsOpt_0.3-1_20180404_090906/>
The files will be removed after roughly 7 days.


Best regards,
CRAN teams' auto-check service

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

And following the first link:


* using log directory 'd:/RCompile/CRANincoming/R-devel/mdsOpt.Rcheck'
* using R version 3.5.0 alpha (2018-03-30 r74499)
* using platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32 (64-bit)
* using session charset: ISO8859-1
* checking for file 'mdsOpt/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
* this is package 'mdsOpt' version '0.3-1'
* package encoding: UTF-8
* checking CRAN incoming feasibility ... NOTE
Maintainer: 'Andrzej Dudek <andrzej.dudek at ue.wroc.pl>'

Possibly mis-spelled words in DESCRIPTION:
  De (13:2)
  Diday (14:47)
  Groenen (12:13, 14:2)
  Leeuw (13:5)
  Mair (12:30, 13:16)
  Walesiak (15:2, 16:2)
  Winsberg (14:18)

The Title field should be in title case, current version then in title case:
'Searching for Optimal MDS Procedure for Metric and Interval-valued Symbolic Data'
'Searching for Optimal MDS Procedure for Metric and Interval-Valued Symbolic Data'
* checking package namespace information ... OK
* checking package dependencies ... OK
* checking if this is a source package ... OK
* checking if there is a namespace ... OK
* checking for hidden files and directories ... OK
* checking for portable file names ... OK
* checking serialization versions ... OK
* checking whether package 'mdsOpt' can be installed ... OK
* checking installed package size ... OK
* checking package directory ... OK
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
* checking top-level files ... OK
* checking for left-over files ... OK
* checking index information ... OK
* checking package subdirectories ... OK
* checking R files for non-ASCII characters ... OK
* checking R files for syntax errors ... OK
* loading checks for arch 'i386'
** checking whether the package can be loaded ... OK
** checking whether the package can be loaded with stated dependencies ... OK
** checking whether the package can be unloaded cleanly ... OK
** checking whether the namespace can be loaded with stated dependencies ... OK
** checking whether the namespace can be unloaded cleanly ... OK
** checking loading without being on the library search path ... OK
** checking use of S3 registration ... OK
* loading checks for arch 'x64'
** checking whether the package can be loaded ... OK
** checking whether the package can be loaded with stated dependencies ... OK
** checking whether the package can be unloaded cleanly ... OK
** checking whether the namespace can be loaded with stated dependencies ... OK
** checking whether the namespace can be unloaded cleanly ... OK
** checking loading without being on the library search path ... OK
** checking use of S3 registration ... OK
* checking dependencies in R code ... OK
* checking S3 generic/method consistency ... OK
* checking replacement functions ... OK
* checking foreign function calls ... OK
* checking R code for possible problems ... [12s] OK
* checking Rd files ... OK
* checking Rd metadata ... OK
* checking Rd line widths ... OK
* checking Rd cross-references ... OK
* checking for missing documentation entries ... OK
* checking for code/documentation mismatches ... OK
* checking Rd \usage sections ... OK
* checking Rd contents ... OK
* checking for unstated dependencies in examples ... OK
* checking contents of 'data' directory ... OK
* checking data for non-ASCII characters ... OK
* checking data for ASCII and uncompressed saves ... OK
* checking examples ...
** running examples for arch 'i386' ... [15s] OK
** running examples for arch 'x64' ... [16s] OK
* checking for unstated dependencies in 'tests' ... OK
* checking tests ...
** running tests for arch 'i386' ... [4s] OK
  Running 'testthat.R' [4s]
** running tests for arch 'x64' ... [5s] OK
  Running 'testthat.R' [5s]
* checking PDF version of manual ... OK
* DONE
Status: 1 NOTE


So I assume the rejection is due to misspelling note (or maybe I cannot read this message properly :-))

Still appreciate any help 

Best regards 

Andrzej 

-----Original Message-----
From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2018 10:48 PM
To: Ben Bolker <bbolker at gmail.com>
Cc: Dudek Andrzej <Andrzej.Dudek at ue.wroc.pl>; r-package-devel at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] Cannot submit package due to misspell note

        
On 05/04/2018 4:41 PM, Ben Bolker wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
... without showing us what they asked you to do.

Duncan Murdoch

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

        
______________________________________________
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Thanks a lot !!!

I've been blind, I've read this message about twenty times and haven't noticed that letter v after - sign  is not capitalized so my thoughts went to spelling issues.  In fact after capitalizing this letter package has passed pre-tests. (Even without Bervin's solution which I plan to implement in next version)

Thanks Everyone for Help !

Andrzej

-----Original Message-----
From: Georgi Boshnakov [mailto:georgi.boshnakov at manchester.ac.uk] 
Sent: Friday, April 6, 2018 8:32 AM
To: Dudek Andrzej <Andrzej.Dudek at ue.wroc.pl>
Cc: r-package-devel at r-project.org
Subject: RE: [R-pkg-devel] Cannot submit package due to misspell note

In fact, the reason for rejection is just after the 'misspelled' words:

            

      
      
      
    

        
'>Searching for Optimal MDS Procedure for Metric and Interval-valued Symbolic Data'

            

      
      
      
    

        
Just copy the second line, which is the suggested title in 'title case'.  
(and write in the Note field on the submission page that the misspelled words are actually names, which you have checked)

Georgi Boshnakov




-----Original Message-----
From: R-package-devel [mailto:r-package-devel-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Dudek Andrzej
Sent: 06 April 2018 07:13
Cc: r-package-devel at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] Cannot submit package due to misspell note

Ok, my fault sorry:

This is the original message for current submission from prof. Ligges  

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Dear maintainer,

package mdsOpt_0.3-1.tar.gz does not pass the incoming checks automatically, please see the pre-test at:
<https://win-builder.r-project.org/incoming_pretest/mdsOpt_0.3-1_20180404_090906/Windows/00check.log>
Status: 1 NOTE

Current CRAN status: ERROR: 1, OK: 11
See: <https://CRAN.R-project.org/web/checks/check_results_mdsOpt.html>

Please fix all problems and resubmit a fixed version via the webform.
If you are not sure how to fix the problems shown, please ask for help on the R-package-devel mailing list:
<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel>
If you are fairly certain the rejection is a false positive, please reply-all to this message and explain.

More details are given in the directory:
<https://win-builder.r-project.org/incoming_pretest/mdsOpt_0.3-1_20180404_090906/>
The files will be removed after roughly 7 days.


Best regards,
CRAN teams' auto-check service

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And following the first link:


* using log directory 'd:/RCompile/CRANincoming/R-devel/mdsOpt.Rcheck'
* using R version 3.5.0 alpha (2018-03-30 r74499)
* using platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32 (64-bit)
* using session charset: ISO8859-1
* checking for file 'mdsOpt/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
* this is package 'mdsOpt' version '0.3-1'
* package encoding: UTF-8
* checking CRAN incoming feasibility ... NOTE
Maintainer: 'Andrzej Dudek <andrzej.dudek at ue.wroc.pl>'

Possibly mis-spelled words in DESCRIPTION:
  De (13:2)
  Diday (14:47)
  Groenen (12:13, 14:2)
  Leeuw (13:5)
  Mair (12:30, 13:16)
  Walesiak (15:2, 16:2)
  Winsberg (14:18)

The Title field should be in title case, current version then in title case:
'Searching for Optimal MDS Procedure for Metric and Interval-valued Symbolic Data'
'Searching for Optimal MDS Procedure for Metric and Interval-Valued Symbolic Data'
* checking package namespace information ... OK
* checking package dependencies ... OK
* checking if this is a source package ... OK
* checking if there is a namespace ... OK
* checking for hidden files and directories ... OK
* checking for portable file names ... OK
* checking serialization versions ... OK
* checking whether package 'mdsOpt' can be installed ... OK
* checking installed package size ... OK
* checking package directory ... OK
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
* checking top-level files ... OK
* checking for left-over files ... OK
* checking index information ... OK
* checking package subdirectories ... OK
* checking R files for non-ASCII characters ... OK
* checking R files for syntax errors ... OK
* loading checks for arch 'i386'
** checking whether the package can be loaded ... OK
** checking whether the package can be loaded with stated dependencies ... OK
** checking whether the package can be unloaded cleanly ... OK
** checking whether the namespace can be loaded with stated dependencies ... OK
** checking whether the namespace can be unloaded cleanly ... OK
** checking loading without being on the library search path ... OK
** checking use of S3 registration ... OK
* loading checks for arch 'x64'
** checking whether the package can be loaded ... OK
** checking whether the package can be loaded with stated dependencies ... OK
** checking whether the package can be unloaded cleanly ... OK
** checking whether the namespace can be loaded with stated dependencies ... OK
** checking whether the namespace can be unloaded cleanly ... OK
** checking loading without being on the library search path ... OK
** checking use of S3 registration ... OK
* checking dependencies in R code ... OK
* checking S3 generic/method consistency ... OK
* checking replacement functions ... OK
* checking foreign function calls ... OK
* checking R code for possible problems ... [12s] OK
* checking Rd files ... OK
* checking Rd metadata ... OK
* checking Rd line widths ... OK
* checking Rd cross-references ... OK
* checking for missing documentation entries ... OK
* checking for code/documentation mismatches ... OK
* checking Rd \usage sections ... OK
* checking Rd contents ... OK
* checking for unstated dependencies in examples ... OK
* checking contents of 'data' directory ... OK
* checking data for non-ASCII characters ... OK
* checking data for ASCII and uncompressed saves ... OK
* checking examples ...
** running examples for arch 'i386' ... [15s] OK
** running examples for arch 'x64' ... [16s] OK
* checking for unstated dependencies in 'tests' ... OK
* checking tests ...
** running tests for arch 'i386' ... [4s] OK
  Running 'testthat.R' [4s]
** running tests for arch 'x64' ... [5s] OK
  Running 'testthat.R' [5s]
* checking PDF version of manual ... OK
* DONE
Status: 1 NOTE


So I assume the rejection is due to misspelling note (or maybe I cannot read this message properly :-))

Still appreciate any help 

Best regards 

Andrzej 

-----Original Message-----
From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2018 10:48 PM
To: Ben Bolker <bbolker at gmail.com>
Cc: Dudek Andrzej <Andrzej.Dudek at ue.wroc.pl>; r-package-devel at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] Cannot submit package due to misspell note

        
On 05/04/2018 4:41 PM, Ben Bolker wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
... without showing us what they asked you to do.

Duncan Murdoch

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

        
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FWIW, the first (many) times I read the warning

"The Title field should be in title case, current version then in title
case:"

  I couldn't parse it at all. Brevity is wonderful, but I might submit a
patch/wish for this warning to be changed to (something like): "The
Title field should be in title case; the next line shows the current
version, while the following line shows the recommended format" (or even
"The Title field should be in title case! The next line ...")

        
On 18-04-06 03:10 PM, Dudek Andrzej wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

  
  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

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On 06/04/2018 3:14 PM, Ben Bolker wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
I don't like the current wording either.  So I'd suggest putting 
together something that people here agree is clear, then actually 
submitting it as a patch.

What I don't like about your first one is that it is too complicated. 
I'd rather have something like your second one, specifically

"The Title field should be in title case!  Your submission has

    blah blah blah

This is not in title case, which would be

    Blah, Blah, Blah"

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

  
  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

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Since this message appears also in R CMD check locally, maybe change in Duncan's text 'submission' to something like

The Title field should be in title case!  Your title is

    blah blah blah

This is not in title case, which would be

    Blah, Blah, Blah"

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On 06/04/2018 7:29 PM, Georgi Boshnakov wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
Good point, I agree.

Duncan Murdoch

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

  
  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

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|On the subject of spell-checking, to avoid false positives when I'm 
checking the package, in the directory above the package directory I 
create a file called .spell_ignore with one word per line, and then run|:
|||devtools::spell_check("pkg/", dict="en_GB", 
ignore=read.table(".spell_ignore", stringsAsFactors=FALSE)$V1)
All the false positives still come through in the CRAN check, but it 
makes checking easier for me.

David.
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G'day all,

On Sat, 7 Apr 2018 10:00:36 +0100

        
David Sterratt <david.c.sterratt at ed.ac.uk> wrote:

        

            

      
      
      
    

        
I mentioned to David that 
	http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2017/08/10/ 
could prove enlightening regarding false positives when spell checking
R packages, but apparently forgot to CC that e-mail to the list.....

Best wishes,

	Berwin