Re: [Rd] NEWS.md support on CRAN

2015-06-02 Thread Kurt Hornik
> Duncan Murdoch writes: > On 02/06/2015 11:05 AM, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: >> Hi Kurt, >> >> On 1 June 2015 at 14:02, Kurt Hornik wrote: >> | > peter dalgaard writes: >> | >> | >> On 30 May 2015, at 01:20 , Imanuel Costigan wrote: >> | >> >> | >> So I assume this commit means NEWS.md is

Re: [Rd] NEWS.md support on CRAN

2015-06-02 Thread Gabriel Becker
On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Jeroen Ooms wrote: > On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 8:42 PM, Duncan Murdoch > wrote: > > Several of us have been talking about this, and have more or less > decided against pandoc for the within-R version. It is too hard to build, > or to include with R, on weird platfo

Re: [Rd] NEWS.md support on CRAN

2015-06-02 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 02/06/2015 3:40 PM, Jeroen Ooms wrote: > On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 8:42 PM, Duncan Murdoch > wrote: >> Several of us have been talking about this, and have more or less decided >> against pandoc for the within-R version. It is too hard to build, or to >> include with R, on weird platforms. Som

Re: [Rd] NEWS.md support on CRAN

2015-06-02 Thread Jeroen Ooms
On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 8:42 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote: > Several of us have been talking about this, and have more or less decided > against pandoc for the within-R version. It is too hard to build, or to > include with R, on weird platforms. Something like commonmark is more likely. > We'd als

Re: [Rd] NEWS.md support on CRAN

2015-06-02 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 02/06/2015 11:42 AM, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: On 2 June 2015 at 11:25, Duncan Murdoch wrote: | On 02/06/2015 11:05 AM, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: | > Hi Kurt, | > | > On 1 June 2015 at 14:02, Kurt Hornik wrote: | > | > peter dalgaard writes: | > | | > | >> On 30 May 2015, at 01:20 , Imanuel

Re: [Rd] NEWS.md support on CRAN

2015-06-02 Thread Kasper Daniel Hansen
This is supported by the NEWS.Rd mechanism, but many authors don't use it. I agree; it would be wonderful if everyone used it and I think the main (potential) advantage of this thread is to make it used (both by developers and users) more broadly. Kasper On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Michael D

Re: [Rd] NEWS.md support on CRAN

2015-06-02 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 2 June 2015 at 11:25, Duncan Murdoch wrote: | On 02/06/2015 11:05 AM, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: | > Hi Kurt, | > | > On 1 June 2015 at 14:02, Kurt Hornik wrote: | > | > peter dalgaard writes: | > | | > | >> On 30 May 2015, at 01:20 , Imanuel Costigan wrote: | > | >> | > | >> So I assume thi

Re: [Rd] NEWS.md support on CRAN

2015-06-02 Thread Michael Dewey
I realise this is not directly related to the topic but if changes are afoot would it be possible to make the use of any sort of news or changelog more prominent in the documentation? I maintain one of the CRAN task views and when someone updates his/her package it is much, much easier for me t

Re: [Rd] NEWS.md support on CRAN

2015-06-02 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 02/06/2015 11:05 AM, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: Hi Kurt, On 1 June 2015 at 14:02, Kurt Hornik wrote: | > peter dalgaard writes: | | >> On 30 May 2015, at 01:20 , Imanuel Costigan wrote: | >> | >> So I assume this commit means NEWS.md is now no longer on blacklist? | >> | | > in the dev

Re: [Rd] NEWS.md support on CRAN

2015-06-02 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
Hi Kurt, On 1 June 2015 at 14:02, Kurt Hornik wrote: | > peter dalgaard writes: | | >> On 30 May 2015, at 01:20 , Imanuel Costigan wrote: | >> | >> So I assume this commit means NEWS.md is now no longer on blacklist? | >> | | > in the development version. Not true of released versio