Regarding still wanting to copy functions situation, I did this for my knitrProgressBar PKG, as it makes the progress R6 object from dplyr a first class citizen of the PKG, and dplyr has a lot of dependencies that I didn't want to force just to use their pre-existing progress bar.
Robert On Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 7:09 AM Killick, Rebecca <r.kill...@lancaster.ac.uk> wrote: > To add my two-pence regarding duplication. > > I think this is a judgement call. > If the functionality would be precisely the same and for the same > situations then there are some instances where you would still want to > duplicate but generally probably not. An example would be where the > function is small and easy to code but depending on the existing package > would bring a large reverse dependency that you don't want to have. > > Thanks, > Rebecca > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2018 21:11:46 -0400 > From: Joseph Wood <jwood...@gmail.com> > To: r-package-devel@r-project.org > Subject: [R-pkg-devel] Package Etiquette > Message-ID: > <CAKDcrSjmmt_VsZk= > kjiyfpcnbtfmotozwlfcseptprpnwrp...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi all, > > > > I’m a new developer and this is my first post. I have a question regarding > package development with regards to duplication of functionality. I read > the posting guide (https://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html) and > didn’t > R: Posting Guide: How to ask good questions that prompt ...< > https://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html> > www.r-project.org > Posting Guide: How to ask good questions that prompt useful answers. This > guide is intended to help you get the most out of the R mailing lists, and > to avoid embarrassment. > > > > see anything addressing this. > > > Is this the right place to ask? > > > > Kind Regards, > > Joseph Wood > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel