Since this seems more like a wish-list discussion, if someone actually starts thinking about the issue I would like to add the following somewhat related point:
It would be nice if there were a mechanism, in task views or that could be used by task views, to avoid attempting to install packages that will fail on the platform. The current ctv mechanism is difficult for system administrators because they actually have to know enough about R packages to decide which failures are ok and which ones are not. Paul >-----Original Message----- >From: r-devel-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-devel-boun...@r- >project.org] On Behalf Of Simon Urbanek >Sent: April 1, 2010 11:38 AM >To: Seth Falcon >Cc: r-devel@r-project.org >Subject: Re: [Rd] Difference Linux / Windows > > >On Mar 31, 2010, at 18:38 , Seth Falcon wrote: > >> On 3/31/10 1:12 PM, Christophe Genolini wrote: >>> Hi the list, >>> I am writing a package that happen to not be compatible with linux >>> because I did not know that the function "savePlot" was available >>> only >>> on windows. Is there a list of "incompatible" function? How can I get >>> this kind of information? >> >> One way is to obtain a copy of the R sources and then grep the Rd >> files for '#ifdef'. >> >> I don't claim this is convenient. >> > >nor sufficient - lot of it is simply in the windows directory (such as >savePlot). >The safest approach right now is simply to read the documentation - >savePlot does tell you that it works only for the Windows device. I'm >not aware of an automated list (save for dumping the function lists >per-package on each platform). > >Cheers, >Simon > > >> There has been discussion, and I believe general consensus, that >> we'd like to eliminate the conditional documentation. This requires >> editing the Rd files to make the contents sensible (you can't just >> remove the #ifdef's). Patches along these lines would be welcome. >> >> + seth >> >> -- >> Seth Falcon | @sfalcon | http://userprimary.net/ >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >> >> > >______________________________________________ >R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ==================================================================================== La version française suit le texte anglais. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email may contain privileged and/or confidential information, and the Bank of Canada does not waive any related rights. Any distribution, use, or copying of this email or the information it contains by other than the intended recipient is unauthorized. If you received this email in error please delete it immediately from your system and notify the sender promptly by email that you have done so. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Le présent courriel peut contenir de l'information privilégiée ou confidentielle. La Banque du Canada ne renonce pas aux droits qui s'y rapportent. Toute diffusion, utilisation ou copie de ce courriel ou des renseignements qu'il contient par une personne autre que le ou les destinataires désignés est interdite. Si vous recevez ce courriel par erreur, veuillez le supprimer immédiatement et envoyer sans délai à l'expéditeur un message électronique pour l'aviser que vous avez éliminé de votre ordinateur toute copie du courriel reçu. ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
