Re: [R-pkg-devel] CRAN packages suggesting other packages but not using them conditionally

2020-12-12 Thread Spencer Graves
On 2020-12-12 19:50, Duncan Murdoch wrote: On 12/12/2020 6:01 p.m., Ben Bolker wrote: On 12/12/20 5:50 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote: On 12/12/2020 4:08 p.m., Spencer Graves wrote: Hi, Ben et al.: On 2020-12-12 13:43, Ben Bolker wrote:      Apologies if I'm telling you something you already

Re: [R-pkg-devel] CRAN packages suggesting other packages but not using them conditionally

2020-12-12 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 12/12/2020 6:01 p.m., Ben Bolker wrote: On 12/12/20 5:50 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote: On 12/12/2020 4:08 p.m., Spencer Graves wrote: Hi, Ben et al.: On 2020-12-12 13:43, Ben Bolker wrote:     Apologies if I'm telling you something you already know:     By default, fda::CRAN() uses the p

Re: [R-pkg-devel] CRAN packages suggesting other packages but not using them conditionally

2020-12-12 Thread Ben Bolker
On 12/12/20 5:53 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote: On 12/12/2020 4:41 p.m., Ben Bolker wrote: On 12/12/20 4:08 PM, Spencer Graves wrote: Hi, Ben et al.: On 2020-12-12 13:43, Ben Bolker wrote:     Apologies if I'm telling you something you already know:     By default, fda::CRAN() uses the pres

Re: [R-pkg-devel] CRAN packages suggesting other packages but not using them conditionally

2020-12-12 Thread Ben Bolker
On 12/12/20 5:50 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote: On 12/12/2020 4:08 p.m., Spencer Graves wrote: Hi, Ben et al.: On 2020-12-12 13:43, Ben Bolker wrote:     Apologies if I'm telling you something you already know:     By default, fda::CRAN() uses the presence of environment variables matched by t

Re: [R-pkg-devel] CRAN packages suggesting other packages but not using them conditionally

2020-12-12 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 12/12/2020 4:41 p.m., Ben Bolker wrote: On 12/12/20 4:08 PM, Spencer Graves wrote: Hi, Ben et al.: On 2020-12-12 13:43, Ben Bolker wrote:    Apologies if I'm telling you something you already know:    By default, fda::CRAN() uses the presence of environment variables matched by the re

Re: [R-pkg-devel] CRAN packages suggesting other packages but not using them conditionally

2020-12-12 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 12/12/2020 4:08 p.m., Spencer Graves wrote: Hi, Ben et al.: On 2020-12-12 13:43, Ben Bolker wrote:   Apologies if I'm telling you something you already know:   By default, fda::CRAN() uses the presence of environment variables matched by the regexp "^_R_" as a heuristic to decide wheth

Re: [R-pkg-devel] CRAN packages suggesting other packages but not using them conditionally

2020-12-12 Thread Ben Bolker
mostly 2D graphic methods, but some 3D methods that use rgl.  I therefore put rgl into Suggests: Could I solve this by making rgl a Depends: ? -Michael -Original Message----- From: Dirk Eddelbuettel Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2020 12:46 PM To: Michael L Friendly Cc: r-package-devel@R-proje

Re: [R-pkg-devel] CRAN packages suggesting other packages but not using them conditionally

2020-12-12 Thread Spencer Graves
y making rgl a Depends: ? -Michael -Original Message- From: Dirk Eddelbuettel Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2020 12:46 PM To: Michael L Friendly Cc: r-package-devel@R-project.org; Prof Brian Ripley Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] CRAN packages suggesting other packages but not using them condition

Re: [R-pkg-devel] CRAN packages suggesting other packages but not using them conditionally

2020-12-12 Thread Ben Bolker
ichael -Original Message- From: Dirk Eddelbuettel Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2020 12:46 PM To: Michael L Friendly Cc: r-package-devel@R-project.org; Prof Brian Ripley Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] CRAN packages suggesting other packages but not using them conditionally On 12 Decembe

Re: [R-pkg-devel] CRAN packages suggesting other packages but not using them conditionally

2020-12-12 Thread John Fox
Ripley Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] CRAN packages suggesting other packages but not using them conditionally On 12 December 2020 at 16:24, Michael L Friendly wrote: | I got the email below concerning 3 of my packages but wonder if they | are false alarms or if not, how to locate & fix the proble

Re: [R-pkg-devel] CRAN packages suggesting other packages but not using them conditionally

2020-12-12 Thread Spencer Graves
Friendly Cc: r-package-devel@R-project.org; Prof Brian Ripley Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] CRAN packages suggesting other packages but not using them conditionally On 12 December 2020 at 16:24, Michael L Friendly wrote: | I got the email below concerning 3 of my packages but wonder if they | are

Re: [R-pkg-devel] CRAN packages suggesting other packages but not using them conditionally

2020-12-12 Thread Michael L Friendly
: Saturday, December 12, 2020 12:46 PM To: Michael L Friendly Cc: r-package-devel@R-project.org; Prof Brian Ripley Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] CRAN packages suggesting other packages but not using them conditionally On 12 December 2020 at 16:24, Michael L Friendly wrote: | I got the email below

Re: [R-pkg-devel] CRAN packages suggesting other packages but not using them conditionally

2020-12-12 Thread Ben Bolker
I think you're supposed to skip the example (throwing a warning, if you like ...) if rgl isn't available, rather than throwing an error ... ? On 12/12/20 11:24 AM, Michael L Friendly wrote: I got the email below concerning 3 of my packages but wonder if they are false alarms or if not, how t

Re: [R-pkg-devel] CRAN packages suggesting other packages but not using them conditionally

2020-12-12 Thread Jeff Newmiller
Examples should use dontrun to avoid calling functions that call stop. On December 12, 2020 8:24:50 AM PST, Michael L Friendly wrote: >I got the email below concerning 3 of my packages but wonder if they >are false alarms or >if not, how to locate & fix the problem. > >This concerns packages

Re: [R-pkg-devel] CRAN packages suggesting other packages but not using them conditionally

2020-12-12 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 12 December 2020 at 16:24, Michael L Friendly wrote: | I got the email below concerning 3 of my packages but wonder if they are false alarms or | if not, how to locate & fix the problem. | | This concerns packages: ... | | Suggested packages should be used conditionally: see �1.1.3.1

Re: [R-pkg-devel] CRAN packages suggesting other packages but not using them conditionally

2020-12-12 Thread Michael L Friendly
I got the email below concerning 3 of my packages but wonder if they are false alarms or if not, how to locate & fix the problem. This concerns packages: ... Suggested packages should be used conditionally: see �1.1.3.1 of 'Writing R Extensions'. Some of these are hard to install on a