[R-pkg-devel] Resubmitting Archived Packages

[Ben Bolker]

   Thanks.

On 2025-12-12 10:40 a.m., Uwe Ligges wrote:
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> 
> On 12.12.2025 16:33, Ben Bolker wrote:
>>    I hesitate to prolong this part of the conversation, but ...
>>
>>    ... when CRAN says "issues need fixing before [DATE]" (e.g. see 
>> https://hadley.github.io/cran-deadlines/), is that technically "on or 
>> before" or "strictly before"?  Without worrying about time zones at 
>> the moment, if my deadline is 2026-01-01 and I upload a new version of 
>> my package sometime on 2026-01-01, am I OK?  Or do I need to have 
>> uploaded a version on the previous day?
> 
> "Before" is meant as "<".
> 
> In the past we had communication issues as is was not obvious for 
> everybody that British English speakers use "by" in the sense of "<".
> I believed "before" was clear enough, but maybe we have to use a 
> mathematical expression?
> 
> Best,
> Uwe Ligges
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>    cheers
>>     Ben Bolker
>>
>> On 2025-12-11 6:38 p.m., Kenny, Christopher wrote:
>>> Thank you both for your responses.
>>>
>>> The deadline had not passed at the time the package was removed. It 
>>> was before the deadline at every single point on Earth. He removed 
>>> the package early. It’s an error, plain and simple.
>>>
>>> I'm happy to share the email with the deadline if that would help.
>>>
>>> Thank you also for reviewing the update to geomander.
>>>
>>> (On the point of manual review, the package goes to newbies, but 
>>> based on the speed of the response, it may not take an entire human 
>>> review in the same way as other packages.)
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: Uwe Ligges <ligges using statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2025 6:24 PM
>>> To: Kenny, Christopher <christopherkenny using fas.harvard.edu>; R Package 
>>> Development <r-package-devel using r-project.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] Resubmitting Archived Packages
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11.12.2025 20:07, Kenny, Christopher wrote:
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> I was looking for advice on best practices for resubmitting packages 
>>>> that were archived.
>>>>
>>>> This morning, Brian Ripley erroneously archived one of my packages 
>>>> (geomander) prior to the deadline to fix a broken example. He then 
>>>> archived its reverse dependencies a few minutes later.
>>>
>>>
>>> Why erroneously? Your deadline passed.
>>> A new deadline was set for the reverse dependencies, but as mail to the
>>> maintainer bounced, that new deadline was not needed as the reverse
>>> dependencies got archived for themselves as they are unmaintained.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Given that CRAN is closing for the winter soon, I would like to fix 
>>>> this issue quickly. I have already resubmitted geomander this 
>>>> morning, as I had originally planned. However, as the packages are 
>>>> archived, each now must undergo a manual review, which takes more time.
>>>>
>>>> Is it acceptable to submit the other downstream packages while the 
>>>> first is awaiting manual checks, as long as they are submitted in 
>>>> order of the dependency tree? As the original package had only a 
>>>> broken example and the reverse dependencies were actively passing 
>>>> checks, the review should be simple.
>>>
>>>
>>> Please submit geomander and get it accepted first. The others will be
>>> auto-archived otherwise.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Uwe Ligges
>>>
>>>
>>>> I would appreciate any advice or wisdom on how to reupload them 
>>>> expeditiously.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>> christophertkenny.com - christopherkenny using fas.harvard.edu
>>>> Christopher T. Kenny, PhD
>>>> Postdoctoral Research Associate, Data-Driven Social Science, 
>>>> Princeton University
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