On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 5:48 PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: [...] > I'd say it's up to you as the author of the test. Would skipping that test > mean that your package was not adequately tested? If so, then you should > get an error if it isn't available, because otherwise people will think > they've done adequate testing when they haven't. One way this could happen > if a major function of your package is being tested on a sample dataset > from a Suggested package. Users of your package don't need the other one, > but testers do.
Indeed. IMO this was anything but a yes/no question. :) Personally I would love to be able to have BuildImports and TestImports. The former for build time dependencies, the latter for dependencies when running the tests. But I understand that the current system is complicated enough. Gabor > Duncan Murdoch > > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
