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

[John Mertic]

Integrated this now.

Thank you,

John Mertic
Director of Program Management - Linux Foundation - ODPi, R Consortium, and
Open Mainframe Project
jmertic at linuxfoundation.org
+1 234-738-4571

On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 11:32 AM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org> wrote:

>
> 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
> | >
> |
>
> --
> http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | edd at debian.org
>
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