R devel - Jul 2010 - CRAN updates?

It appears that after a package is updated the CRAN binaries for some OS's
are built
automatically and shortly after the update, while other OS's are not updated
for
some time (weeks in some cases).

Is the process automated or is it partially manual for some OS's (like
Windows/w64
and Mac OS X)?

Thanks,
Dominick

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On Jul 27, 2010, at 9:56 AM, Dominick Samperi wrote:
> It appears that after a package is updated the CRAN binaries for some
OS's
> are built
> automatically and shortly after the update, while other OS's are not
updated
> for
> some time (weeks in some cases).
> 
> Is the process automated or is it partially manual for some OS's (like
> Windows/w64
> and Mac OS X)?
> 
It is automated on Mac OS X (currently R builds start at midnight and package
builds at 2am ET).

Cheers,
Simon

PS: If you see delays (i.e. the check result is not available more than two days
after the package is available on CRAN) it's a good idea to contact the
corresponding binary maintainer (for OS X it's me) since things can break
(packages can run mad and external servers can die).