Hi Andreas,
2015-05-21 20:48 GMT+01:00 Andreas Tille <[email protected]>: > Hi Alba, > > > I've added in them in the Build-Depends. In the Depends sections, as far > as > > I understand from the way I've done it, it gets the dependencies > > automatically when building it. > > You assume because of "${R:Depends}"? > Yes... > > Your assumption is *very* sensible and I have frequently considered to > fix this since it would be very simple for package maintainers and the > information should be easily obtainable. However, the variable just > injects a versioned dependency from r-base and nothing else. Sorry. > Feel free to try filing a wishlist bug report - but be prepared for a > response which is not as friendly as you usually got here on this list. > Ok, thank you for the clarification. I've added the dependencies in the Depends section. > > > So in this case, when the dependencies are not yet ready, which is the > > normal procedure? > > Either creating a local mirror for your pbuilder environment featuring > all dependencies and upload to new with a package created like this or > waiting until all dependencies are available. I prefer the later > solution. The rationale for this preference is in case ftpmaster might > reject one of the dependencies (for whatever reason) and you need to fix > something and this fix needs time (for instance clarifying a license > with an upstream that has vanished - see r-cran-locfit issue) a package > with unresolvable dependencies might remain in the queue. You need to > manually care for this (... and remember this fact!) and all this hassle > is IMHO not worth the effort. > > So waiting is IMHO the better strategy. Remember: > > Good things come to those ... who can wait. :-) > :) Ok, then wait seems to be the right thing to do. Just I hope that by the time I have the other package ready, all the others will have been accepted ;) Cheers, Alba -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > >
