Hi,
just a little wish :
Could we have one (or maybe more) standardized optional tag(s)
for package DESCRIPTION files to cover svn revision info?
This would be very useful for bug reporting...
I know that any developer is already free to append corresponding lines
to DESCRIPTION files to do something of this sort --- e.g. lines like
LastChangedDate: {$LastChangedDate: 2009-03-31 $}
LastChangedRevision: {$LastChangedRevision: 447 $}
and correspondingly setting the svn keyword properties "LastChangedDate"
and "LastChangedRevision" would clearly do (even without Makefile /
configure ...)
But as package development under svn (especially under r-forge)
is just so frequent, it would be nice to have a recommended
format that could be read out in a standardized form, say
by a function like packageDescription from package 'utils':-)
I would vote for optional extra tags "LastChangedDate"
and "LastChangedRevision".
I have attached a commented and correspondingly
modified version of packageDescription() --- if you find it
helpful feel free to integrate it to package 'utils'.
Best,
Peter
# File src/library/utils/R/indices.R
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#
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# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
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# http://www.r-project.org/Licenses/
packageDescription <- function(pkg, lib.loc=NULL, fields=NULL, drop=TRUE,
encoding = "")
{
retval <- list()
if(!is.null(fields)){
fields <- as.character(fields)
retval[fields] <- NA
}
pkgpath <- ""
## If the NULL default for lib.loc is used, the loaded packages are
## searched before the libraries.
if(is.null(lib.loc)) {
if(pkg == "base")
pkgpath <- file.path(.Library, "base")
else if((envname <- paste("package:", pkg, sep = ""))
%in% search()) {
pkgpath <- attr(as.environment(envname), "path")
## could be NULL if a perverse user has been naming environmnents
## to look like packages.
if(is.null(pkgpath)) pkgpath <- ""
}
}
if(pkgpath == "") {
libs <- if(is.null(lib.loc)) .libPaths() else lib.loc
for(lib in libs)
if(file.access(file.path(lib, pkg), 5) == 0L) {
pkgpath <- file.path(lib, pkg)
break
}
}
if(pkgpath == "") {
## This is slow and does a lot of checking we do here,
## but is needed for versioned installs
pkgpath <- system.file(package = pkg, lib.loc = lib.loc)
if(pkgpath == "") {
warning(gettextf("no package '%s' was found", pkg), domain = NA)
return(NA)
}
}
## New in 2.7.0: look for installed metadata first.
if(file.exists(file <- file.path(pkgpath, "Meta", "package.rds"))) {
desc <- .readRDS(file)$DESCRIPTION
if(length(desc) < 1)
stop(gettextf("metadata of package '%s' is corrupt", pkg),
domain = NA)
desc <- as.list(desc)
} else if(file.exists(file <- file.path(pkgpath,"DESCRIPTION"))) {
dcf <- read.dcf(file=file)
if(NROW(dcf) < 1L)
stop(gettextf("DESCRIPTION file of package '%s' is corrupt", pkg),
domain = NA)
desc <- as.list(dcf[1,])
} else file <- ""
if(file != "") {
## read the Encoding field if any
enc <- desc[["Encoding"]]
if(!is.null(enc) && !is.na(encoding)) {
## Determine encoding and re-encode if necessary and possible.
if((encoding != "" || Sys.getlocale("LC_CTYPE") != "C")
&& capabilities("iconv")) {
## might have an invalid encoding ...
newdesc <- try(lapply(desc, iconv, from=enc, to=encoding))
if(!inherits(newdesc, "try-error")) desc <- newdesc
else
warning("'DESCRIPTION' file has 'Encoding' field and
re-encoding is not possible", call. = FALSE)
} else
warning("'DESCRIPTION' file has 'Encoding' field and
re-encoding is not possible", call. = FALSE)
}
## Peter Ruckdeschel: 31-03-09: set ok even if fields is NULL
ok <- NULL
if(length(names(desc)))
ok <- 1:length(names(desc))
## <- end of code by P.R.
if(!is.null(fields)){
ok <- names(desc) %in% fields
retval[names(desc)[ok]] <- desc[ok]
}
else
retval[names(desc)] <- desc
}
if((file == "") || (length(retval) == 0)){
warning(gettextf("DESCRIPTION file of package '%s' is missing or
broken", pkg), domain = NA)
return(NA)
}
## Peter Ruckdeschel: 31-03-09: digest svn-filled svn property tags:
for (i in c("LastChangedDate","LastChangedRevision"))
if (i %in% names(desc)[ok])
retval[i] <- gsub(" \\$\\}$","",
gsub(paste("\\{\\$",i,": ",sep=""),"",
retval[i]))
## <- end of code by P.R.
if(drop & length(fields) == 1L)
return(retval[[1L]])
class(retval) <- "packageDescription"
if(!is.null(fields)) attr(retval, "fields") <- fields
attr(retval, "file") <- file
retval
}
print.packageDescription <- function(x, ...)
{
xx <- x
xx[] <- lapply(xx, function(x) if(is.na(x)) "NA" else x)
write.dcf(as.data.frame.list(xx, optional = TRUE))
cat("\n-- File:", attr(x, "file"), "\n")
if(!is.null(attr(x, "fields"))){
cat("-- Fields read: ")
cat(attr(x, "fields"), sep=", ")
cat("\n")
}
invisible(x)
}
index.search <- function(topic, path, file = "AnIndex", type = "help")
.Internal(index.search(topic, path, file, .Platform$file.sep, type))
print.packageIQR <-
function(x, ...)
{
db <- x$results
## Split according to Package.
out <- if(nrow(db) == 0L)
NULL
else
lapply(split(1 : nrow(db), db[, "Package"]),
function(ind) db[ind, c("Item", "Title"),
drop = FALSE])
outFile <- tempfile("RpackageIQR")
outConn <- file(outFile, open = "w")
first <- TRUE
for(pkg in names(out)) {
writeLines(paste(ifelse(first, "", "\n"), x$title,
" in package ", sQuote(pkg), ":\n",
sep = ""),
outConn)
writeLines(formatDL(out[[pkg]][, "Item"],
out[[pkg]][, "Title"]),
outConn)
first <- FALSE
}
if(first) {
close(outConn)
unlink(outFile)
writeLines(paste("no", tolower(x$title), "found"))
if(!is.null(x$footer))
writeLines(c("", x$footer))
}
else {
if(!is.null(x$footer))
writeLines(c("\n", x$footer), outConn)
close(outConn)
file.show(outFile, delete.file = TRUE,
title = paste("R", tolower(x$title)))
}
invisible(x)
}
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