On Fri, 3 Jul 2015 11:09:54 +0300 Federico Calboli <federico.calb...@helsinki.fi> wrote:
> Hi All, > > I am upgrading a package for CRAN, and I get this note: > > checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... NOTE > Malformed Description field: should contain one or more complete > sentences. > > This is puzzling because: > > cat DESCRIPTION > > ... > Description: Functions designed to test for single gene/phenotype > association and for pleiotropy on genetic and genomic data. ... > > In my understanding "Functions designed to test for single > gene/phenotype association and for pleiotropy on genetic and genomic > data.” *is* a complete sentence. So, what is complete sentence in > the opinion of whomever coded that check? > > Best > > F Well, no. It isn't a complete sentence which requires a subject, and object and a verb. However, there are not many package Descriptions that ARE complete sentences. Some could be reworded awkwardly into a functional sentence. You could for instance try: "[Library/Package name] is a collection of functions designed to test for pleiotropy on genetic and genomic data." That is a complete sentence as it contains a form of the verb "to be," to whit "is." By using the package name you also avoid the stricture against "The package consists ..." JWdougherty ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
