[R-pkg-devel] Package submission to CRAN
Hi all, I have a question re package submission that I'm hoping someone might be able to help with. A package I maintain (dalmatian) was archived last year because one of the packages it depends on (dglm) was removed from CRAN. The dglm package has been fixed and is back on CRAN, and I have resubmitted my package. There have been no changes to my package and I resubmitted the same version with the same version number. I noted this in my submission. All checks passed, but I received the following from log CRAN-pretest: Flavor: r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc, r-devel-windows-ix86+x86_64 Check: CRAN incoming feasibility, Result: WARNING Maintainer: 'Simon Bonner simon.bon...@uwo.ca<mailto:simon.bon...@uwo.ca>' New submission Package was archived on CRAN Insufficient package version (submitted: 0.6.1, existing: 0.6.1) CRAN repository db overrides: X-CRAN-Comment: Archived on 2020-10-18 as requires archived package 'dglm'. This build time stamp is over a month old. It seems that I am not allowed to submit the package with the same version, but it also seems odd to increment the version to get around this when nothing at all has changed in the package. Is there another solution? Thanks, Simon - Simon Bonner (he/him) Associate Professor of Environmetrics Vice-Director, Western Data Science Solutions Department of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences University of Western Ontario Office: Western Science Centre rm 276 Email: sbonn...@uwo.ca<mailto:sbonn...@uwo.ca> | Telephone: 519-661-2111 x88205 | Fax: 519-661-3813 Twitter: @bonnerstatslab | Website: http://simon.bonners.ca/bonner-lab/wpblog/ [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
Re: [R-pkg-devel] Package can't be imported with Suggests
Hi all,
Thanks for the suggestions and comments. I found a way to allow nimble to work
and avoid the note when checking the package. My solution is to use:
requireNamespace(nimble)
attachNamespace("nimble")
I have a feeling that this may be against the spirit of the check (I believe
that it essentially replicates library()), but it does allow nimble to find its
own functions without any notes.
Cheers,
Simon
Simon Bonner
Assistant Professor of Environmetrics
Department of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences
University of Western Ontario
Office: Western Science Centre rm 276
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[R-pkg-devel] Package can't be imported with Suggests
Hi all, I’m wondering if someone an offer advice on a problem I’m facing in developing a package. My package essentially generates code and formats data for one of two MCMC sampling engines, JAGS accessed via rjags or nimble (a native R package), calls the engines, and then provides functions to access the results. Since only one of the engines is needed I would like to include rjags and nimble in Suggests in the DESCRIPTION and use requireNamespace() to load the appropriate package when its functionality is needed. Unfortunately, nimble will not work with this mechanism. It relies on a complex mechanism to compile C++ code to run the sampler, and some of the functions cannot be found when the package is loaded in this way. I’ve been in touch with the maintainers and they are aware of the issue but the current fix is to include the package under Depends. However, this forces a user to install nimble (which itself requires compiling lengthy C++ code) even if the user intends to run the sampler in JAGS. I thought I’d solved the problem by including nimble in Suggests and then loading it via library() so that all of its functions are attached. This works, but produces a note during the check: ❯ checking dependencies in R code ... NOTE 'library' or 'require' call to ‘nimble’ in package code. Please use :: or requireNamespace() instead. See section 'Suggested packages' in the 'Writing R Extensions' manual What is the recommendation? I see two options: 1. Include nimble in Depends and force user to install it. 2. Ignore the note and explain the problem when I resubmit to CRAN. Am I missing anything? Thanks in advance! Simon Simon Bonner Assistant Professor of Environmetrics Department of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences University of Western Ontario Office: Western Science Centre rm 276 Email: sbonn...@uwo.ca<mailto:sbonn...@uwo.ca> | Telephone: 519-661-2111 x88205 | Fax: 519-661-3813 Twitter: @bonnerstatslab | Website: http://simon.bonners.ca/bonner-lab/wpblog/ [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
