[Pkg-r-builders] ISC proposal: Adding Linux Binary Builders to CRAN

[Michael Rutter]

On 03/30/2017 10:50 AM, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
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> On 30 March 2017 at 09:22, Hadley Wickham wrote:
> | Hi Dirk,
> |
> | Could you please confirm that you accept the funding, and provide a
> | paragraph for the blog post?
>
> Apologies. That slipped.
>
>    The 'Linux Binary Builder' project is thrilled to accept the funding via
>    the ISC Consortium of the Linux Foundation, and excited to get to work.
>
>    We have already set up mailing and are currently discussing first steps.
>
>    Incidentally, we would love to hear from anyone who could possibly host a
>    dedicated server (we would provide) in a rack for us to use
>    longer-term. We are proceeding with development using cloud-based
>    solutions for the time being but foresee sufficient continued use to
>    warrant a dedicated machine.
>
> CCing the team in case someone wants to holler about the last paragraph.

Last paragraph looks good to me.

Michael

> Dirk
>
> |
> | Hadley
> |
> | On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 3:34 PM, Hadley Wickham <hadley at rstudio.com> wrote:
> | > Dear Dirk Eddelbuettel,
> | >
> | > Congratulations, the ISC has accepted your proposal!
> | >
> | > Next steps:
> | >
> | > * Respond to this email confirming that you accept the funding by March 20.
> | > John Mertic <jmertic at linuxfoundation.org> will contact you to discuss
> | > payment specifics.
> | >
> | > * Please don't announce that you've been successful until the R
> | > Consortium publicly announces funding results. We will aim to have a
> | > formal announcement and press release by the end of March.
> | >
> | > * Please prepare a paragraph for the R consortium blog that briefly
> | > describes your project. You may use the opportunity to solicit help
> | > for your project. The blog post will include a link to your original
> | > proposal so you don't have to.
> | >
> | > * As a condition of receiving funding, you will also need to provide
> | > regular updates on the status of your project. We will have more
> | > precise details on this in the future, but we will expect a brief
> | > quarterly update, and a more detailed write-up when your
> | > project is complete. We will publish all final reports.
> | >
> | > Regards,
> | >
> | > Hadley Wickham
> | > Chair, Infrastructure Steering Committee
> |
> |
> |
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