[Pkg-r-builders] ISC proposal: Adding Linux Binary Builders to CRAN
Dirk Eddelbuettel
edd at debian.org
Thu Mar 30 15:32:45 UTC 2017
On 30 March 2017 at 11:07, Michael Rutter wrote:
| On 03/30/2017 10:50 AM, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
| >
| > 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.
Sorry, brain fart -- use this line instead:
the ISC of the R Consortium, 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.
Thanks. And you were very polite not to mention the first ;-)
Dirk
| 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
| > |
| > |
| > |
| > | --
| > | http://hadley.nz
| >
|
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