[Rd] Depends vs Imports

2013-07-31 Thread Paul Gilbert
I am being asked to modernize the Depends line in the DESCRIPTION file of some packages. Writing R Extensions says: The general rules are Packages whose namespace only is needed to load the package using library(pkgname) must be listed in the ‘Imports’ field and not in the

Re: [Rd] Depends vs Imports

2013-07-31 Thread Simon Urbanek
On Jul 31, 2013, at 7:14 PM, Paul Gilbert wrote: I am being asked to modernize the Depends line in the DESCRIPTION file of some packages. Writing R Extensions says: The general rules are Packages whose namespace only is needed to load the package using library(pkgname) must be

Re: [Rd] Depends vs Imports

2013-07-31 Thread R. Michael Weylandt
On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Simon Urbanek simon.urba...@r-project.org wrote: On Jul 31, 2013, at 7:14 PM, Paul Gilbert wrote: I am being asked to modernize the Depends line in the DESCRIPTION file of some packages. Writing R Extensions says: The general rules are Packages whose

Re: [Rd] Depends vs Imports

2013-07-31 Thread Paul Gilbert
Simon Thanks, that helps a lot, but see below .. On 13-07-31 08:35 PM, Simon Urbanek wrote: On Jul 31, 2013, at 7:14 PM, Paul Gilbert wrote: I am being asked to modernize the Depends line in the DESCRIPTION file of some packages. Writing R Extensions says: The general rules are Packages