Not sure if it's already been said, but note that we can only use 'Additional_repositories' for *optional* dependencies, which are listed under 'Suggests' (and less used 'Enhances'). We cannot use them for *hard* dependencies, which are listed under 'Depends' or 'Imports'. From the CRAN Policies (https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/policies.html):
"Packages on which a CRAN package depends should be available from a mainstream repository: if any mentioned in ‘Suggests’ or ‘Enhances’ fields are not from such a repository, where to obtain them at a repository should be specified in an ‘Additional_repositories’ field of the DESCRIPTION file (as a comma-separated list of repository URLs) or for other means of access, described in the ‘Description’ field." Currently, it's only CRAN and Bioconductor that are "mainstream" repositories. /Henrik On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 3:36 AM Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 15/11/2022 11:59 p.m., Hugh Parsonage wrote: > > I think you've misunderstood that excerpt. By "temporary development > > state", it means _between_ CRAN releases; packages in a development > > state are not suitable for CRAN, as the policy states: > > > >> CRAN hosts packages of publication quality and is not a development > >> platform. > > > > You'll need to stop depending on that package until it's fixed and the > > fix is on CRAN. That said, it looks like it might be relatively > > straightforward to disentangle yourself from the package -- just > > rewrite the offending example? > > Another solution is to put a version of that package in your own drat > repository, and use "Additional_repositories". For example, at one > point rgl used webshot2 before it was released, and I had > > Suggests: webshot2, ... > Additional_repositories: https://dmurdoch.github.io/drat > > with a copy of webshot2 in the drat repository. > > The disadvantage of this approach is that you'll need to keep that > repository up to date as the third party package evolves, and eventually > remove the Additional_repositories: line from your DESCRIPTION, which > requires your own package update. > > See https://github.com/eddelbuettel/drat for instructions on setting up > the drat repository. > > Duncan Murdoch > > > > > On Wed, 16 Nov 2022 at 15:35, Bernd.Gruber <bernd.gru...@canberra.edu.au> > > wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> I have a package (dartR) that needs to be updated by CRAN (and got a time > >> set until a certain date). It depends on a package that is currently > >> showing errors in the CRAN results and therefore fails. The maintainer of > >> that package is busily trying to rectify the error (as can be seen be > >> repeated submissions in the last weeks), but was not able yet to fix it. > >> As we are running out of time my approach would be to have a version of > >> the package that fixes it and use Remotes: in the description. It runs > >> fine without errors. > >> > >> In the R-packages book I read the following: > >> > >> "It's important to note that you should not submit your package to CRAN in > >> the intermediate state, meaning with a Remotes field and with a dependency > >> required at a version that's not available from CRAN or Bioconductor. 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