@obrl_soil
As much as I don't like Oracle (mostly because of what they have done in the past), I havet o agree that CRAN's review process suffers from single-person-blockage. All your submissions come down to decision of one person. The #rOpenSci process is more democratic and way more transparent, but it is excruciatingly lengthy. I personally like a middle ground approach (transparent communication, more than one moderator for package submission, quick responses)