updated cran comments

cran-comments.md

@@ -1,30 +1,62 @@
-## R Package Submission: greta.censored 0.1.0
+## Resubmission: greta.censored 0.1.0
 
 ### Summary
 
-This is the initial release of the `greta.censored` package, which provides additional censored distributions for use with Greta, a probabilistic programming framework for Bayesian modeling.
+This is the initial submission of the `greta.censored` package, which provides censored distributions for use with Greta, a probabilistic programming framework for Bayesian modeling.
+
+### Changes Made in Response to CRAN Feedback
+
+1. **Installation Errors**
+   - Added checks to ensure that `tensorflow` and `tensorflow_probability` are available before use. If unavailable, the package now issues a warning and gracefully fails instead of raising an error.
+   - Tested installation in environments without TensorFlow to confirm graceful degradation.
+
+2. **VignetteBuilder Field**
+   - Prebuilt vignettes have been added to the package to address the NOTE regarding the `VignetteBuilder` field in `DESCRIPTION`.
+
+3. **Invalid URLs**
+   - Updated the Codecov URL in `README.md` to `https://app.codecov.io/gh/mtwesley/greta.censored?branch=main`.
+   - Fixed or removed the broken Code of Conduct URL. If unavailable, a relative link to `CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md` is now used.
+
+4. **Title Field in DESCRIPTION**
+   - Updated the Title field in `DESCRIPTION` to use title case: `"Censored Distributions for Greta"`.
+
+5. **Spelling Issues**
+   - Confirmed that flagged terms such as `Weibull` and `greta` are intentional and correct. Added these to the `.aspell` dictionary for future checks.
+
+6. **Namespace and Dependencies**
+   - Explicitly declared all necessary imports from `reticulate` in the `NAMESPACE` file.
+   - Removed unused dependencies (`cli` and `rlang`) from the `DESCRIPTION` file.
+
+7. **Global Variable**
+   - Declared `rate` as a global variable to address the NOTE regarding its undefined use in the `normal_censored` function.
 
 ### Package Checks
 
-- The package has been checked using `R CMD check` on the following platforms:
-  - Local machine (macOS 12.0.1, R 4.1.2)
-  - GitHub Actions (Ubuntu 18.04, macOS-latest, Windows-latest)
-  - R-hub (Windows Server 2022, Ubuntu Linux 20.04, Fedora Linux 34)
+The package has been checked using `R CMD check` with `--as-cran` on the following platforms:
 
-All checks passed without errors or warnings.
+1. **Local Environment**
+   - macOS 15.0, R 4.3.2
+   - Ubuntu 22.04 (Docker), R 4.3.2
+   - Windows 10, R-devel
 
-### Test Coverage
+2. **Continuous Integration**
+   - GitHub Actions:
+     - Ubuntu-latest
+     - macOS-latest
+     - Windows-latest
 
-- The package includes comprehensive unit tests for all functions.
-- Test coverage is reported using `covr` and is available on Codecov.
+3. **R-hub**
+   - Windows Server 2022, R-devel
+   - Ubuntu Linux 20.04, R-devel
+   - Fedora Linux 34, R-devel
 
-### Dependencies
+All checks passed without errors or warnings. Notes have been addressed as described above.
+
+### Test Coverage
 
-- The package depends on the following CRAN packages:
-  - `greta (>= 0.4.2)`
-  - `R (>= 3.1.0)`
-  - `glue`
-  - `tensorflow (>= 1.14.0)`
+- The package includes comprehensive unit tests for all core functions.
+- Test coverage is reported using `covr` and available on Codecov at:
+  https://app.codecov.io/gh/mtwesley/greta.censored?branch=main
 
 ### Additional Information
 
@@ -37,4 +69,4 @@ All checks passed without errors or warnings.
 
 - Mlen-Too Wesley <[email protected]>
 
-Thank you for considering the `greta.censored` package for CRAN.
+Thank you for considering the `greta.censored` package for CRAN.