----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Cotton" <richiero...@gmail.com>
> To: "bioc-devel" <bioc-devel@r-project.org>
> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2016 4:45:09 AM
> Subject: [Bioc-devel] \donttest and the "80% of man pages documenting 
> exported objects must have runnable examples" rule

> I have a package with a lot of examples in exported functions marked
> as \donttest.
> 
> BiocCheck doesn't count these functions towards the target of having
> 80% of exported objects with runnable examples.  I do have more than
> 80% runnable examples; it's just that BiocCheck can't see them.  (For
> background, the package is mostly about file import, and it takes a
> second or two to import the sample files included in the package.
> Having examples that run for a couple of seconds is fine for users,
> but makes package testing very slow (once dozens of the example are
> run).
> 
> This check is considered REQUIRED to be solved, so I'd like to know if
> it's OK to include an explanation about the use of \donttest during
> submission, or if my pacakge will just get rejected outright.
> 


Ultimately, humans make all decisions about package inclusion. 
So you will have a chance to discuss your package with someone.

DAn


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> Richie
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