Re: [R-pkg-devel] [EXTERNAL] Re: slightly polemic question re R CMD check

2020-03-09 Thread Jeff Newmiller
Re backwards specialization... you could also say that a vector is a special kind of matrix... but it most definitely is not that way in R. On March 9, 2020 9:51:47 AM PDT, Hong Ooi wrote: >I tend to agree. Having ... as an argument for a specific method is >often unnecessary, and furthermore,

Re: [R-pkg-devel] [EXTERNAL] Re: slightly polemic question re R CMD check

2020-03-09 Thread Hong Ooi via R-package-devel
I tend to agree. Having ... as an argument for a specific method is often unnecessary, and furthermore, can result in errors being hidden. Eg you think you're calling methodname(arg1, arg2="whatever") but you're really calling methodname(arg1, ar2="whatever") and the misspelling isn't picked

Re: [R-pkg-devel] Package in 'sugests' archived

2020-03-09 Thread Ben Bolker
I would ask the CRAN maintainers (c...@r-project.org). I would guess they will want a new submission. The full text of the repository policy is > Submitting updates should be done responsibly and with respect for the volunteers’ time. Once a package is established (which may take several

[R-pkg-devel] Package in 'sugests' archived

2020-03-09 Thread Fabio Corradini Santander
Hi, I recently submitted my frist package to CRAN ( https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=uFTIR). It was accepted last friday. I was super happy about it. However, today I check the results and there are several error flags in the package status. What happened? I included a package called prospectr