Hi to all, I recently created a small package which contains some simple R functions in order to help students in my research unit to use R. The package is pure R, it passes R CMD check, but it is really designed for internal use and, moreover, it is entirely documented in french. Is it possible to upload and to host this kind of package to CRAN ? Or is it better, as it is quite a private tool and not really designed for widespread adoption, to set up my own repository ? Thanks in advance, -- Julien Barnier Groupe de recherche sur la socialisation ENS-LSH - Lyon, France
Julien Barnier wrote:>Hi to all, > >I recently created a small package which contains some simple R >functions in order to help students in my research unit to use R. The >package is pure R, it passes R CMD check, but it is really designed >for internal use and, moreover, it is entirely documented in french. > >Is it possible to upload and to host this kind of package to CRAN ? Or >is it better, as it is quite a private tool and not really designed >for widespread adoption, to set up my own repository ? > >Thanks in advance, > >Hi Julien, I would not pretend that I know anything about the hosting policy on CRAN. However, another place where you could try and host your package is R-Forge (though you might have to ask them the same question): https://r-forge.r-project.org/ Among other things, you can manage your sources via svn, and install the package directly from their server. And do many other terrific things, like bug-tracking, mailing-lists, forums, etc. Hope this will help. Best regards, Thibaut. -- ###################################### Thibaut JOMBART CNRS UMR 5558 - Laboratoire de Biom?trie et Biologie Evolutive Universite Lyon 1 43 bd du 11 novembre 1918 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex T?l. : 04.72.43.29.35 Fax : 04.72.43.13.88 jombart at biomserv.univ-lyon1.fr http://lbbe.univ-lyon1.fr/-Jombart-Thibaut-.html?lang=en http://adegenet.r-forge.r-project.org/
On 18/04/2008, at 2:19 AM, Julien Barnier wrote:> Hi to all, > > I recently created a small package which contains some simple R > functions in order to help students in my research unit to use R. The > package is pure R, it passes R CMD check, but it is really designed > for internal use and, moreover, it is entirely documented in french. > > Is it possible to upload and to host this kind of package to CRAN ? Or > is it better, as it is quite a private tool and not really designed > for widespread adoption, to set up my own repository ?It is of course *possible*. There is no vetting of quality or relevance of packages submitted to CRAN --- as long as a submitted package passes R CMD check it is ``accepted''. There *might* be a requirement that documentation be written, or be available, in English. For better or for worse, English is the ``official'' language of the R project. I have never heard of the existence of such a rule however; perhaps the issue has never arisen. However I think it would be bad manners to clutter CRAN with packages which are not of general interest. So it would be better to set up your own ``repository''. How to do this would depend on how your system is structured, but it should be almost trivial to do. E.g. I have made packages available to others via my personal web page, and this seems to work just fine. cheers, Rolf Turner ###################################################################### Attention:\ This e-mail message is privileged and confid...{{dropped:9}}