Re: [Rd] Package dependencies and imports

2006-09-22 Thread John Fox
to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Prof Brian Ripley > Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 3:55 AM > To: Martin Maechler > Cc: r-devel@stat.math.ethz.ch > Subject: Re: [Rd] Package dependencies and imports > > On Fri, 22 Sep 2006, Martin Maechler wrote: > > >>>&

Re: [Rd] Package dependencies and imports

2006-09-22 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006, Martin Maechler wrote: >> "Seth" == Seth Falcon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:33:06 -0700 writes: > >Seth> Martin Maechler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> I think you should use the new DESCRIPTION field and say >>> 'Enhances: rgl' >

Re: [Rd] Package dependencies and imports

2006-09-22 Thread Martin Maechler
> "Seth" == Seth Falcon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:33:06 -0700 writes: Seth> Martin Maechler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I think you should use the new DESCRIPTION field and say >> 'Enhances: rgl' >> >> but I haven't checked if this prevents t

Re: [Rd] Package dependencies and imports

2006-09-21 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Thu, 21 Sep 2006, Martin Maechler wrote: >> "JohnF" == John Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:22:17 -0400 writes: > >JohnF> Dear list members, > >JohnF> I'm encountering the following problem with package dependencies and >JohnF> imports: > >JohnF> Th

Re: [Rd] Package dependencies and imports

2006-09-21 Thread John Fox
er.ca/jfox > -Original Message- > From: Martin Maechler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:48 AM > To: John Fox > Cc: r-devel@stat.math.ethz.ch > Subject: Re: [Rd] Package dependencies and imports > > >>&

Re: [Rd] Package dependencies and imports

2006-09-21 Thread Seth Falcon
Martin Maechler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I think you should use the new DESCRIPTION field and say > 'Enhances: rgl' > > but I haven't checked if this prevents the warning, though I > think it should.. But is Rcmdr enhancing rgl or being enhanced by rgl? :-( :-( __

Re: [Rd] Package dependencies and imports

2006-09-21 Thread Martin Maechler
> "JohnF" == John Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:22:17 -0400 writes: JohnF> Dear list members, JohnF> I'm encountering the following problem with package dependencies and JohnF> imports: JohnF> The Rcmdr package doesn't declare a formal dependency

[Rd] Package dependencies and imports

2006-09-21 Thread John Fox
Dear list members, I'm encountering the following problem with package dependencies and imports: The Rcmdr package doesn't declare a formal dependency (via depends or suggests in the package DESCRIPTION) on the rgl package because the latter apparently causes problems on some systems. This allow