Am I correct in thinking that the ‘SystemRequirements’ field in a
package DESCRIPTION file is purely descriptive, there are no standard
elements that can be extracted by parsing it and used automatically?
This field does not seem to be widely used, even for some obvious cases
like backend
On 12/12/2012 18:33, Paul Gilbert wrote:
Am I correct in thinking that the ‘SystemRequirements’ field in a
package DESCRIPTION file is purely descriptive, there are no standard
elements that can be extracted by parsing it and used automatically?
No.
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Brian D. Ripley,
On 12-12-12 02:19 PM, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
On 12/12/2012 18:33, Paul Gilbert wrote:
Am I correct in thinking that the ‘SystemRequirements’ field in a
package DESCRIPTION file is purely descriptive, there are no standard
elements that can be extracted by parsing it and used automatically?
I see three references to systemRequirements in Writing R Extensions.
The one you list in your last email, this one:
If your package requires one of these interpreters or an extension
then this should be declared in the ‘SystemRequirements’ field of its
DESCRIPTION file. [for listing interpreters
