Re: [Bioc-devel] limma Suggests:statmod vs Imports:statmod

2018-05-11 Thread Robert Castelo
hi Ryan, thanks for the clarification. robert. On 05/11/2018 09:08 AM, Ryan Thompson wrote: Hi Robert, My understanding is that the "requireNamespace" trick, combined with listing the package in "Suggests" is the standard way to implement optional dependencies. Users of limma that never

Re: [Bioc-devel] limma Suggests:statmod vs Imports:statmod

2018-05-11 Thread Ryan Thompson
Hi Robert, My understanding is that the "requireNamespace" trick, combined with listing the package in "Suggests" is the standard way to implement optional dependencies. Users of limma that never use duplicateCorrelation or other functions that require statmod will never need to install it. For

[Bioc-devel] limma Suggests:statmod vs Imports:statmod

2018-05-11 Thread Robert Castelo
hi, this is a question for limma developers. at every new fresh installation of BioC and limma i get this message when i use 'duplicateCorrelation()': "statmod package required but is not installed" i just install 'statmod' and problem solved. this, however, triggers questions from some of