问题
I want to submit a package to CRAN. In the CRAN repository policy it states that "Packages for which R CMD check gives an ‘ERROR’ when a new R x.y.0 version is released will be archived".
It also says "Please ensure that R CMD check --as-cran has been run on the tarball to be uploaded before submission".
Running R CMD check --as cran on my tarball gives me the warning:
Warning: unknown option ‘--as-cran’
I am running R version 2.14.1 on Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS. Can I build a source package using this version or do I have to use R 3.0?
And why does R CMD check --as-cran not work for me?
回答1:
The document you link to says:
Please ensure that R CMD check --as-cran has been run on the tarball to be uploaded before submission. This should be done with the current release of R or (preferably) R-devel or R-patched.
So, right now, you should use R-3.0.1 and also test against the R-devel branch (if possible).
回答2:
From the current October 2015 CRAN policy: "Please ensure that R CMD check --as-cran has been run on the tarball to be uploaded before submission. This should be done with the current version of R-devel (or if that is not possible and explained in the submission, current R-patched or the current release of R.)"
This, I believe is a change from the policy described in the original accepted answer.
docker/rocker is a way to achieve this fairly easily without mucking up your development environment.
I think it is correct to build with the latest release version, but test with R-devel and the latest release.
回答3:
You can try the new starfox/r-devel container available at https://hub.docker.com/r/starfox/r-devel/. It contains already some packages, which will make your release more convenient. There is also a guide how to use it.
Disclaimer: I am the maintainer of both, the container and the guide.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17192980/r-submit-to-cran-which-r-version-to-build-package