Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field

2006-08-31 Thread Seth Falcon
Martin Maechler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> "Seth" == Seth Falcon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:06:24 -0700 writes: > > Seth> Kurt Hornik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> An internal environment variable called > >> > >> _R_CHECK_FORCE_SUGGESTS_ >

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field

2006-08-31 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 8/31/2006 3:40 AM, Martin Maechler wrote: >> "Seth" == Seth Falcon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:06:24 -0700 writes: > > Seth> Kurt Hornik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> An internal environment variable called > >> > >> _R_CHECK_FORCE_SUGGESTS_ >

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field

2006-08-31 Thread Martin Maechler
> "Seth" == Seth Falcon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:06:24 -0700 writes: Seth> Kurt Hornik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> An internal environment variable called >> >> _R_CHECK_FORCE_SUGGESTS_ >> >> which controls this has been in place for qui

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field

2006-08-30 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 8/30/2006 2:13 PM, Paul Gilbert wrote: > > Duncan Murdoch wrote: >> On 8/30/2006 12:28 PM, Paul Gilbert wrote: >>> Duncan Murdoch wrote: On 8/30/2006 4:44 AM, Martin Maechler wrote: >> "FrL" == friedrich leisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:34:13 +0200 (

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field

2006-08-30 Thread Paul Gilbert
Duncan Murdoch wrote: > On 8/30/2006 12:28 PM, Paul Gilbert wrote: >> Duncan Murdoch wrote: >>> On 8/30/2006 4:44 AM, Martin Maechler wrote: > "FrL" == friedrich leisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:34:13 +0200 (MEST) writes: >> Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL P

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field

2006-08-30 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 8/30/2006 12:28 PM, Paul Gilbert wrote: > Duncan Murdoch wrote: >> On 8/30/2006 4:44 AM, Martin Maechler wrote: "FrL" == friedrich leisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:34:13 +0200 (MEST) writes: >>> >> Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> >>>

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field

2006-08-30 Thread Paul Gilbert
Duncan Murdoch wrote: > On 8/30/2006 4:44 AM, Martin Maechler wrote: >>> "FrL" == friedrich leisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:34:13 +0200 (MEST) writes: >> >> Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> I think we need an option to R CMD check rather th

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field

2006-08-30 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 8/30/2006 4:44 AM, Martin Maechler wrote: >> "FrL" == friedrich leisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:34:13 +0200 (MEST) writes: > > >> Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> I think we need an option to R CMD check rather than a new field in > the

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field

2006-08-30 Thread Seth Falcon
Kurt Hornik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > An internal environment variable called > > _R_CHECK_FORCE_SUGGESTS_ > > which controls this has been in place for quite some time now. One can > trivially add a Perl R CMD check configure variable for it. I am a bit > hesitant to add a --force-suggests

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field

2006-08-30 Thread friedrich . leisch
>> "FrL" == friedrich leisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:34:13 +0200 (MEST) writes: > > >> Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> I think we need an option to R CMD check rather than a new field > in the > >>> DESCRIPTION. Currently a package cou

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field

2006-08-30 Thread friedrich . leisch
> On 8/30/2006 3:21 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> On 8/29/2006 4:13 PM, Paul Gilbert wrote: Duncan Murdoch wrote: >> >> [...] >> >>> This doesn't address the problem of someone who hasn't got the package >>> installed yet, though perhaps CRAN could put a version of that man page >>> (or all

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field

2006-08-30 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 8/30/2006 3:21 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On 8/29/2006 4:13 PM, Paul Gilbert wrote: >>> Duncan Murdoch wrote: > > [...] > >> This doesn't address the problem of someone who hasn't got the package >> installed yet, though perhaps CRAN could put a version of that man page >> (or all of them

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field

2006-08-30 Thread Kurt Hornik
> Martin Maechler writes: > "FrL" == friedrich leisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:34:13 +0200 (MEST) writes: >>> Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I think we need an option to R CMD check rather than a new field in the DESCRIPTION. Currently a

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field [was ".. Add 'fields' argument ..]

2006-08-30 Thread Kurt Hornik
> Duncan Murdoch writes: > On 8/29/2006 10:12 AM, Martin Maechler wrote: >>> "PaulG" == Paul Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:55:09 -0400 writes: >> PaulG> Martin Maechler wrote: >> >> ... >> >> >> >> The idea was a field related to but weaker than 'Suggests' :

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field

2006-08-30 Thread Martin Maechler
> "FrL" == friedrich leisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:34:13 +0200 (MEST) writes: >> Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> I think we need an option to R CMD check rather than a new field in the >>> DESCRIPTION. Currently a package could be menti

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field

2006-08-30 Thread friedrich . leisch
> Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I think we need an option to R CMD check rather than a new field in the >> DESCRIPTION. Currently a package could be mentioned for any of these >> reasons: >> >> 1. To make functions, examples or vignettes work >> 2. To allow optional functionality

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field

2006-08-30 Thread friedrich . leisch
> On 8/29/2006 4:13 PM, Paul Gilbert wrote: >> >> Duncan Murdoch wrote: [...] > > This doesn't address the problem of someone who hasn't got the package > installed yet, though perhaps CRAN could put a version of that man page > (or all of them) online for browsing. Unfortunately this hasn't > h

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field

2006-08-29 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 8/29/2006 4:13 PM, Paul Gilbert wrote: > > Duncan Murdoch wrote: > >> On 8/29/2006 2:24 PM, Paul Gilbert wrote: >> >>> Seth Falcon wrote: >>> Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 8/29/2006 11:58 AM, Seth Falcon wrote: > > >> I think there is an im

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field

2006-08-29 Thread Paul Gilbert
Duncan Murdoch wrote: > On 8/29/2006 2:24 PM, Paul Gilbert wrote: > >> Seth Falcon wrote: >> >>> Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> >>> On 8/29/2006 11:58 AM, Seth Falcon wrote: > I think there is an important distinction between a dependency needed > for

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field

2006-08-29 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 8/29/2006 2:24 PM, Paul Gilbert wrote: > Seth Falcon wrote: > >>Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> >>>On 8/29/2006 11:58 AM, Seth Falcon wrote: >>> >>> I think there is an important distinction between a dependency needed for the package to function and a dependency

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field

2006-08-29 Thread Paul Gilbert
Seth Falcon wrote: >Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>On 8/29/2006 11:58 AM, Seth Falcon wrote: >> >> >>>I think there is an important distinction between a dependency needed >>>for the package to function and a dependency needed to demonstrate >>>said functionality via an exa

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field

2006-08-29 Thread Seth Falcon
Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 8/29/2006 11:58 AM, Seth Falcon wrote: >> I think there is an important distinction between a dependency needed >> for the package to function and a dependency needed to demonstrate >> said functionality via an example or vignette. The former is what

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field [was ".. Add 'fields' argument ..]

2006-08-29 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 8/29/2006 1:05 PM, Paul Gilbert wrote: > > Duncan Murdoch wrote: > >> On 8/29/2006 10:12 AM, Martin Maechler wrote: >> "PaulG" == Paul Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:55:09 -0400 writes: >>> >>> >>> PaulG> Martin Maechler wrote: >>> >> ... >

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field [was ".. Add 'fields' argument ..]

2006-08-29 Thread Paul Gilbert
Duncan Murdoch wrote: > On 8/29/2006 10:12 AM, Martin Maechler wrote: > >>> "PaulG" == Paul Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:55:09 -0400 writes: >> >> >> PaulG> Martin Maechler wrote: >> >> ... >> >> >> The idea was a field related to but wea

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field

2006-08-29 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 8/29/2006 11:58 AM, Seth Falcon wrote: > Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I think we need an option to R CMD check rather than a new field in the >> DESCRIPTION. Currently a package could be mentioned for any of these >> reasons: >> >> 1. To make functions, examples or vignettes

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field

2006-08-29 Thread Seth Falcon
Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think we need an option to R CMD check rather than a new field in the > DESCRIPTION. Currently a package could be mentioned for any of these > reasons: > > 1. To make functions, examples or vignettes work > 2. To allow optional functionality in fu

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field [was ".. Add 'fields' argument ..]

2006-08-29 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 8/29/2006 10:12 AM, Martin Maechler wrote: >> "PaulG" == Paul Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:55:09 -0400 writes: > > PaulG> Martin Maechler wrote: > >> ... > >> > >> The idea was a field related to but weaker than 'Suggests' : > >> Somethi

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field [was ".. Add 'fields' argument ..]

2006-08-29 Thread McGehee, Robert
Martin Maechler Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 10:13 AM To: Paul Gilbert Cc: r-devel@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field [was ".. Add 'fields' argument ..] >>>>> "PaulG" == Paul Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>&g

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field [was ".. Add 'fields' argument ..]

2006-08-29 Thread Pfaff, Bernhard Dr.
>> "PaulG" == Paul Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:55:09 -0400 writes: > >PaulG> Martin Maechler wrote: >>> ... >>> >>> The idea was a field related to but weaker than 'Suggests' : >>> Something like >>> 'canMakeUseOf: [, , ... ] >>> w

Re: [Rd] 'CanMakeUseOf' field [was ".. Add 'fields' argument ..]

2006-08-29 Thread Martin Maechler
> "PaulG" == Paul Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:55:09 -0400 writes: PaulG> Martin Maechler wrote: >> ... >> >> The idea was a field related to but weaker than 'Suggests' : >> Something like >> 'canMakeUseOf: [, , ... ] >> which is *n