Re: [Bioc-devel] How to declare optional system requirement for package

2023-11-30 Thread Kasper Daniel Hansen
To me, whether or not this is a good idea depends a bit on the degree to which these functions are generally useful. Best, Kasper On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 5:41 PM Hervé Pagès wrote: > Hi Alex, > > On 11/28/23 22:47, Alex Wong via Bioc-devel wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > I am the author of

Re: [Bioc-devel] How to declare optional system requirement for package

2023-11-29 Thread Hervé Pagès
Hi Alex, On 11/28/23 22:47, Alex Wong via Bioc-devel wrote: > Hi there, > > I am the author of SpliceWiz. My package contains several wrapper functions > that run the STAR aligner on systems where it is installed. If STAR is not > found, these functions do nothing other than return a helpful

[Bioc-devel] How to declare optional system requirement for package

2023-11-28 Thread Alex Wong via Bioc-devel
Hi there, I am the author of SpliceWiz. My package contains several wrapper functions that run the STAR aligner on systems where it is installed. If STAR is not found, these functions do nothing other than return a helpful message that says STAR is not available. The vast majority of the