Of course, if you do truly decide to *copy* a function from another package, make sure everything is licensed appropriately and the authors given attribution!
-Robert On Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 8:09 AM Robert M. Flight <rfligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
